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package com.github.springtestdbunit.dataset;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException;
import org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet;

/**
 * Strategy interface for {@link #loadDataSet loading} a {@link IDataSet dataset}.
 * 
 * Concrete implementations must provide a public no-args constructor.
 *
 * @author Phillip Webb
 *
 * @see FlatXmlDataSetLoader
 */
public interface DataSetLoader {

	/**
	 * Load and return {@link IDataSet dataset} from the specified. If the dataset cannot be found null may be
	 * returned.
	 * @param testClass The class under test
	 * @param location The location to load
	 * @return a {@link IDataSet dataset} or null
	 * @throws DataSetException An exception thrown if the dataset itself has a problem.
	 * @throws IOException An exception thrown if the dataset could not be loaded.
	 */
	public IDataSet loadDataSet(Class testClass, String location) throws DataSetException, IOException;

}