Parser.java

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package org.xwiki.rendering.parser;

import java.io.Reader;

import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;
import org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM;
import org.xwiki.rendering.syntax.Syntax;

/**
 * Parse content into a XDOM (a tree of {@link org.xwiki.rendering.block.Block}s).
 *
 * @version $Id: 8b8ffd30b76240d93037232013281832fc0674a8 $
 * @since 1.5M2
 */
@Role
public interface Parser
{
    /**
     * @return the syntax the parser is implementing
     */
    Syntax getSyntax();

    /**
     * @param source the content to parse
     * @return the tree representation of the content as {@link org.xwiki.rendering.block.Block}s
     * @throws ParseException if the source cannot be read or an unexpected error happens during the parsing. Parsers
     *             should be written to not generate any error as much as possible.
     */
    XDOM parse(Reader source) throws ParseException;
}