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 }
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