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package com.sun.syndication.io;

import com.sun.syndication.feed.WireFeed;
import com.sun.syndication.io.FeedException;
import org.jdom.Document;

/**
 * Parses an XML document (JDOM) into a feed bean.
 * <p>
 * WireFeedParser instances must thread safe.
 * <p>
 * TODO: explain how developers can plugin their own implementations.
 * <p>
 * @author Alejandro Abdelnur
 *
 */
public interface WireFeedParser {

    /**
     * Returns the type of feed the parser handles.
     * <p>
     * @see WireFeed for details on the format of this string.
     * <p>
     * @return the type of feed the parser handles.
     *
     */
    public String getType();

    /**
     * Inspects an XML Document (JDOM) to check if it can parse it.
     * <p>
     * It checks if the given document if the type of feeds the parser understands.
     * <p>
     * @param document XML Document (JDOM) to check if it can be parsed by this parser.
     * @return <b>true</b> if the parser know how to parser this feed, <b>false</b> otherwise.
     *
     */
    public boolean isMyType(Document document);

    /**
     * Parses an XML document (JDOM Document) into a feed bean.
     * <p>
     * @param document XML document (JDOM) to parse.
     * @param validate indicates if the feed should be strictly validated (NOT YET IMPLEMENTED).
     * @return the resulting feed bean.
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException thrown if the parser cannot handle the given feed type.
     * @throws FeedException thrown if a feed bean cannot be created out of the XML document (JDOM).
     *
     */
    public WireFeed parse(Document document, boolean validate) throws IllegalArgumentException,FeedException;


}