/*
* Copyright 2010-2015 Institut Pasteur.
*
* This file is part of Icy.
*
* Icy is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Icy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with Icy. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
package icy.file;
import icy.sequence.Sequence;
/**
* Importer interface.<br>
* Used to define a specific importer visible in the <b>Import</b> section.<br>
* Note that you have {@link FileImporter} and {@link SequenceFileImporter} interfaces
* which allow to import resources from file or {@link Sequence} from file.
*
* @author Stephane
*/
public interface Importer
{
/**
* Launch the importer.<br>
* The importer is responsible to handle its own UI and load the wanted resource.
*
* @return <code>true</code> if the operation succeed
*/
public boolean load() throws Exception;
}