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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2010 Google Inc.
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.google.clearsilver.jsilver;
     18 
     19 import com.google.clearsilver.jsilver.data.Data;
     20 import com.google.clearsilver.jsilver.exceptions.JSilverBadSyntaxException;
     21 
     22 import java.io.IOException;
     23 
     24 /**
     25  * Loads data from resources.
     26  */
     27 public interface DataLoader {
     28 
     29   /**
     30    * Create new Data instance, ready to be populated.
     31    */
     32   Data createData();
     33 
     34   /**
     35    * Loads data in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) into an existing Data object.
     36    */
     37   void loadData(final String dataFileName, Data output) throws JSilverBadSyntaxException,
     38       IOException;
     39 
     40   /**
     41    * Loads data in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) into a new Data object.
     42    */
     43   Data loadData(String dataFileName) throws IOException;
     44 }
     45