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package org.springmodules.email.conf;
import java.io.Reader;
import org.springmodules.email.Email;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
/**
* A parser that knows how to parse a resource representing and email and build an {@link Email} instance while
* doing so.
*
* @author Uri Boness
*/
public interface EmailParser {
/**
* Parses the given resource and returns the {@link Email} that it represents.
*
* @param resource The given resource that reprsents an email.
* @return The email represented by the given resource.
* @throws EmailConfigurationException when parsing fails.
*/
Email parse(Resource resource) throws EmailConfigurationException;
}