StringImporter.java

/*
 * funCKit - functional Circuit Kit
 * Copyright (C) 2013  Lukas Elsner <open@mindrunner.de>
 * Copyright (C) 2013  Peter Dahlberg <catdog2@tuxzone.org>
 * Copyright (C) 2013  Julian Stier <mail@julian-stier.de>
 * Copyright (C) 2013  Sebastian Vetter <mail@b4sti.eu>
 * Copyright (C) 2013  Thomas Poxrucker <poxrucker_t@web.de>
 * Copyright (C) 2013  Alexander Treml <alex.treml@directbox.com>
 * 
 * This program 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
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 * 
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 * 
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 */

package de.sep2011.funckit.converter;

import com.jidesoft.utils.Base64.InputStream;
import de.sep2011.funckit.model.graphmodel.Circuit;

/**
 * A {@link StringImporter} imports from an {@link InputStream} of some format
 * into a Circuit.
 */
public interface StringImporter {

    /**
     * Convert a String into a Circuit.
     *
     * @param string representing the Circuit in some way, not null
     * @return the circuit represented by the {@link String}
     */
    Circuit doImport(String string);

}