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 */ parse(List<String> lines)36 public IItem parse(List<String> lines); 37 } 38 39