/*
* Copyright 2013 Robotoworks Limited
* 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
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*/
package com.robotoworks.mechanoid.net;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
/**
* <p>A delegate for parsing the type T from an input stream.</p>
*
* @param <T> The type to parse
*/
public interface Parser<T> {
/**
* <p>Parse from the given input stream</p>
* @param stream The stream to parse from
* @return An object resulting from the parse
* @throws IOException
*/
T parse(InputStream stream) throws IOException;
}