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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project
      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 package com.android.loganalysis.parser;
     17 
     18 import com.android.loganalysis.item.IItem;
     19 
     20 import java.util.List;
     21 
     22 /**
     23  * An interface which defines the behavior for a parser.  The parser will receive a block of data
     24  * that it can consider complete.  It parses the input and returns a single {@link IItem} instance.
     25  * Furthermore, the parser should be robust against invalid input -- the input format may drift over
     26  * time.
     27  */
     28 public interface IParser {
     29 
     30     /**
     31      * Parses a list of {@link String} objects and returns a {@link IItem}.
     32      *
     33      * @param lines A list of {@link String} objects.
     34      * @return The parsed {@link IItem} object.
     35      */
     36     public IItem parse(List<String> lines);
     37 }
     38 
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