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* Ontopia Engine
* #-
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package net.ontopia.topicmaps.impl.utils;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PushbackInputStream;
/**
* INTERNAL: An object which can guess the encoding of an input stream
* by peeking into its contents. Sniffers are specific to a syntax.
*/
public interface EncodingSnifferIF {
/**
* INTERNAL: By examining the contents of the stream, guess the
* encoding used.
* @return the name of the encoding
*/
public String guessEncoding(PushbackInputStream stream) throws IOException;
}