MetadataReader.java

package org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io;

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.Metadata;

/**
 * Handles deserialization of metadata from some kind of textual format like XML.
 *
 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
 */
public interface MetadataReader
{

    /**
     * The key for the option to enable strict parsing. This option is of type {@link Boolean} and defaults to {@code
     * true}. If {@code false}, unknown elements will be ignored instead of causing a failure.
     */
    String IS_STRICT = "org.apache.maven.artifact.repository.metadata.io.isStrict";

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified file.
     *
     * @param input The file to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for deserialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read( File input, Map<String, ?> options )
        throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified character reader. The reader will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param input The reader to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for deserialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read( Reader input, Map<String, ?> options )
        throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

    /**
     * Reads the metadata from the specified byte stream. The stream will be automatically closed before the method
     * returns.
     *
     * @param input The stream to deserialize the metadata from, must not be {@code null}.
     * @param options The options to use for deserialization, may be {@code null} to use the default values.
     * @return The deserialized metadata, never {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException If the metadata could not be deserialized.
     * @throws MetadataParseException If the input format could not be parsed.
     */
    Metadata read( InputStream input, Map<String, ?> options )
        throws IOException, MetadataParseException;

}