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package org.apache.stanbol.reasoners.servicesapi;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * An input provider implements a method to return an iterator of 'atoms' to be processed by a reasoning service.
 * The java type depends on the service implementation.
 * Providers can adapt or not to the given type.
 * 
 * @author enridaga
 *
 */
public interface ReasoningServiceInputProvider {

    /**
     * The input data form this provider.
     * 
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public  Iterator getInput(Class type) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * If this provider adapts the input to the specified type.
     * 
     * @param type
     * @return
     */
    public  boolean adaptTo(Class type);
}