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Arbitrary data for mathematical calculations.

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/*
 * Copyright 2016 Erwin Müller 
 *
 * 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.anrisoftware.globalpom.dataimport;

import java.text.ParseException;

/**
 * Data column.
 *
 * @author Erwin Mueller, [email protected]
 * @since 1.10
 */
public interface Column {

    /**
     * Returns the name of the column.
     *
     * @return the {@link String} name.
     */
    String getName();

    /**
     * Parse the value of the column.
     *
     * @param string
     *            the {@link String} value of the column.
     *
     * @return the value of the column.
     *
     * @throws ParseException
     *             if the value could not be parsed.
     */
    Object parseValue(String string) throws ParseException;

}