IRDFParser.java

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package org.openanzo.rdf;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;

import org.openanzo.exceptions.AnzoException;

/**
 * Parser methods for RDF.
 * 
 * @author Joe Betz <jpbetz@cambridgesemantics.com>
 * 
 */
public interface IRDFParser {
    /**
     * Parse reader
     * 
     * @param reader
     *            reader to parse
     * @param baseURI
     *            base uri for data in reader
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws AnzoException
     */
    public void parse(Reader reader, String baseURI) throws IOException, AnzoException;

    /**
     * Get the RDFFormat for the reader
     * 
     * @return the RDFFormat for the reader
     */
    public RDFFormat getRDFFormat();

}