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package org.openscience.cdk.io.formats;
/**
* This interface is used for classes that are able to match a certain
* chemical file format. For example: Chemical Markup Language, PDB etc.
*
* @cdk.module ioformats
* @cdk.githash
*
* @author Egon Willighagen <egonw@sci.kun.nl>
* @cdk.created 2004-10-25
**/
public interface IChemFormatMatcher extends IChemFormat {
/**
* Method that checks whether the given line is part of the format
* read by this reader.
*
* @param lineNumber number of the line
* @param line line in the file being checked
*
* @return true if the line is of a file format read by this reader
*/
public boolean matches(int lineNumber, String line);
}