IDataImportFilter.java

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 * Copyright (c) 2004, 2010 BREDEX GmbH.
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 * Contributors:
 *     BREDEX GmbH - initial API and implementation and/or initial documentation
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package org.eclipse.jubula.client.core.businessprocess.importfilter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.eclipse.jubula.client.core.businessprocess.importfilter.exceptions.DataReadException;


/**
 * @author BREDEX GmbH
 * @created Nov 8, 2005
 */
public interface IDataImportFilter {

    /**
     * @return a String Array of supported file extensions
     * without "." {"xls", "xlt"} for example
     */
    public abstract String[] getFileExtensions();

    /**
     * parses a file and returns the data as DataTable structure
     * 
     * @param dataDir
     *      directory for data files
     * @param file
     *      data source File
     * @return
     *      filled TestDataManager with new data
     * @throws IOException
     *      error occurred while reading data source
     */
    public abstract DataTable parse(File dataDir, String file) 
        throws IOException, DataReadException;

}