1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 * 16 */ 17 18 package org.apache.lenya.ac.cache; 19 20 import java.io.InputStream; 21 22 /** 23 * Interface for objects capable of building objects from input streams. 24 * @version $Id: InputStreamBuilder.java 43238 2004-08-16 16:06:14Z andreas $ 25 */ 26 public interface InputStreamBuilder { 27 28 /** 29 * Builds an object from an input stream. 30 * @param stream An input stream. 31 * @return An object. 32 * @throws BuildException when building the object failed. 33 */ 34 Object build(InputStream stream) throws BuildException; 35 36 } 37