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package net.sf.jsefa.csv;

import net.sf.jsefa.Deserializer;
import net.sf.jsefa.csv.config.CsvConfiguration;
import net.sf.jsefa.rbf.RbfDeserializer;

/**
 * Iterator-style interface for stream based CSV deserializer.
 * 
 * Notes:

 * 1. A field with no value (an empty field) may be represented by the empty String (default) or any other String
 * (see {@link CsvConfiguration#getDefaultNoValueString})

 * 2. Empty fields representing a simple value (e.g. a String or Date) will be
 * deserialized to null and not to an empty value.

 * 3. Empty field sequences (e.g. ';;;' with ';' as the delimiter) representing a complex value (a value of a class
 * annotated with CsvDataType) will be deserialized to null and not to an empty
 * value.
 * 
 * @see Deserializer
 * @author Norman Lahme-Huetig
 */

public interface CsvDeserializer extends RbfDeserializer {

}