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package org.apache.openjpa.lib.meta;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Interface for metadata parsers.
*
* @author Abe White
*/
public interface MetaDataParser {
/**
* The classloader to use to resolve resources, or null for impl-defined
* default.
*/
public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader);
/**
* Return the results from the last parse.
*/
public List getResults();
/**
* Parse the given resource.
*/
public void parse(String rsrc) throws IOException;
/**
* Parse the given resource.
*/
public void parse(URL url) throws IOException;
/**
* Parse the given file, which may be a directory, in which case it
* will be scanned recursively for metadata files.
*/
public void parse(File file) throws IOException;
/**
* Parse all possible metadata locations for the given class, going
* top-down or bottom-up. If the class is null, only top-level locations
* will be parsed.
*/
public void parse(Class cls, boolean topDown) throws IOException;
/**
* Parse the metadata in the given reader.
*
* @param content reader containing the metadata to parse
* @param sourceName the name of the source being parsed, for use
* in error messages
*/
public void parse(Reader content, String sourceName) throws IOException;
/**
* Parse the metadata supplied by the given iterator.
*/
public void parse(MetaDataIterator itr) throws IOException;
/**
* Clears the cache of parsed resource names.
*/
public void clear();
}