/* * Copyright (c) Members of the EGEE Collaboration. 2006-2010. * See http://www.eu-egee.org/partners/ for details on the copyright holders. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.glite.authz.common.config; import java.io.Reader; /** * A parser for configurations. * * @param <ConfigurationType> the type of configuration produced by this parser */ public interface ConfigurationParser<ConfigurationType extends AbstractConfiguration> { /** * Reads a given configuration and creates the appropriate {@link AbstractConfiguration}. * * @param config the configuration to be read * * @return the {@link AbstractConfiguration} containing the information from the provided config * * @throws ConfigurationException thrown if there is a problem creating the configuration from the given information */ public ConfigurationType parse(String config) throws ConfigurationException; /** * Reads a given configuration and creates the appropriate {@link AbstractConfiguration}. * * @param config the configuration to be read * * @return the {@link AbstractConfiguration} containing the information from the provided config * * @throws ConfigurationException thrown if there is a problem creating the configuration from the given information */ public ConfigurationType parse(Reader config) throws ConfigurationException; }