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.data; 18 19 import com.google.clearsilver.jsilver.exceptions.JSilverBadSyntaxException; 20 import com.google.clearsilver.jsilver.resourceloader.ResourceLoader; 21 22 import java.io.IOException; 23 24 /** 25 * Loads data from resources. 26 */ 27 public interface DataFactory { 28 29 /** 30 * Create new Data instance, ready to be populated. 31 */ createData()32 Data createData(); 33 34 /** 35 * Loads data in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) into an existing Data object. 36 */ loadData(final String dataFileName, ResourceLoader resourceLoader, Data output)37 void loadData(final String dataFileName, ResourceLoader resourceLoader, Data output) 38 throws JSilverBadSyntaxException, IOException; 39 40 /** 41 * Loads data in Hierarchical Data Format (HDF) into a new Data object. 42 */ loadData(String dataFileName, ResourceLoader resourceLoader)43 Data loadData(String dataFileName, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) throws IOException; 44 45 /** 46 * Returns the Parser used by this factory to parse the HDF content. 47 * 48 * @return 49 */ getParser()50 Parser getParser(); 51 } 52