/**
* This file is part of VisiCut.
* Copyright (C) 2011 - 2013 Thomas Oster <thomas.oster@rwth-aachen.de>
* RWTH Aachen University - 52062 Aachen, Germany
*
* VisiCut is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* VisiCut is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with VisiCut. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
**/
package com.t_oster.visicut.model.graphicelements;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.filechooser.FileFilter;
/**
*
* @author Thomas Oster <thomas.oster@rwth-aachen.de>
*/
public interface Importer
{
FileFilter getFileFilter();
/**
* Imports a file returning a graphic set
* If the import triggers any warnings, they can
* be added to the warnings list (if not null).
* They will be displayed to the user, but no
* further action is taken
* @param inputFile
* @param warnings
* @return
* @throws ImportException
*/
GraphicSet importFile(File inputFile, List<String> warnings) throws ImportException;
}