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package org.openscience.cdk.config;
import org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.IAtomType;
import org.openscience.cdk.interfaces.IChemObjectBuilder;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Interface that allows reading atom type configuration data from some
* source.
*
* @cdk.module core
* @cdk.githash
*/
public interface IAtomTypeConfigurator {
/**
* Sets the file containing the config data.
*
* @param ins InputStream from which the atom type definitions are to be read
*/
public void setInputStream(InputStream ins);
/**
* Reads a set of configured AtomType's into a List.
*
* @param builder ChemObjectBuilder used to instantiate the AtomType's.
*
* @return A List containing the AtomTypes extracted from the InputStream
* @throws IOException when something went wrong with reading the data
*/
public List<IAtomType> readAtomTypes(IChemObjectBuilder builder) throws IOException;
}