Loading.java

/*
 * This file is part of ALOE.
 *
 * ALOE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.

 * ALOE 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 General Public License for more details.

 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with ALOE.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2012 SCCL, University of Washington (http://depts.washington.edu/sccl)
 */
package etc.aloe.processes;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InvalidObjectException;

/**
 * An object that can be loaded from a file.
 *
 * @author Michael Brooks <mjbrooks@uw.edu>
 */
public interface Loading {

    /**
     * Loads the object from a file.
     *
     * @param source The source to load from.
     * @return True if loading was successful
     * @throws FileNotFoundException
     * @throws InvalidObjectException
     */
    public boolean load(InputStream source) throws InvalidObjectException;
}