InputProperties.java

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package com.google.gdata.wireformats.input;

import com.google.gdata.wireformats.StreamProperties;

/**
 * The InputProperties interface represents properties of a input data being
 * parsed.
 *
 * @see InputParser
 */
public interface InputProperties extends StreamProperties {
  
  /**
   * Returns the expected root type that will be produced as a result of parsing
   * the content.   The parse result will be of this type or a subtype that
   * extends or implements the root type.
   */
  public Class<?> getRootType();
}