MetadataParser.java

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package com.google.android.exoplayer.metadata;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Parses objects of type <T> from binary data.
 *
 * @param <T> The type of the metadata.
 */
public interface MetadataParser<T> {

  /**
   * Checks whether the parser supports a given mime type.
   *
   * @param mimeType A metadata mime type.
   * @return Whether the mime type is supported.
   */
  public boolean canParse(String mimeType);

  /**
   * Parses metadata objects of type <T> from the provided binary data.
   *
   * @param data The raw binary data from which to parse the metadata.
   * @param size The size of the input data.
   * @return @return A parsed metadata object of type <T>.
   * @throws IOException If a problem occurred parsing the data.
   */
  public T parse(byte[] data, int size) throws IOException;

}