DataLoader.java

/**
 * edu.utexas.GeDBIT.util.DataLoader 2006.05.24
 *
 * Copyright Information:
 *
 * Change Log:
 * 2006.05.24: Copied from the original jdb package, by Willard
 */

package GeDBIT.util;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import GeDBIT.type.Table;

/**
 * This is a general interface that can be used for loading data from files into
 * programs. The data from the file is read sequentially and the resulting
 * objects are packaged into a {@link List}, which is returned by the method.
 * 
 * @author Neha Singh, Rui Mao, Willard
 * @version 2005.10.31
 */
public interface DataLoader {
    /**
     * @return a {@link List} of all data objects contained in the
     *         {@link BufferedReader}
     */
    public Table loadData(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException;

    /**
     * @return a {@link List} of first given number of data objects contained in
     *         the {@link BufferedReader}
     */
    public Table loadData(BufferedReader reader, int size) throws IOException;
}