| /* |
| * Copyright (C) 2011 The Android Open Source Project |
| * |
| * 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 |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package com.android.loganalysis.parser; |
| |
| import com.android.loganalysis.item.IItem; |
| |
| import java.util.List; |
| |
| /** |
| * An interface which defines the behavior for a parser. The parser will receive a block of data |
| * that it can consider complete. It parses the input and returns a single {@link IItem} instance. |
| * Furthermore, the parser should be robust against invalid input -- the input format may drift over |
| * time. |
| */ |
| public interface IParser { |
| |
| /** |
| * Parses a list of {@link String} objects and returns a {@link IItem}. |
| * |
| * @param lines A list of {@link String} objects. |
| * @return The parsed {@link IItem} object. |
| */ |
| public IItem parse(List<String> lines); |
| } |
| |