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/* $Id: DSCHandler.java 1345683 2012-06-03 14:50:33Z gadams $ */

package org.apache.xmlgraphics.ps.dsc;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.xmlgraphics.ps.dsc.events.DSCComment;

/**
 * Interface containing events generated by the DSCParser. Applications can implement this
 * interface to react to certain events.
 */
public interface DSCHandler {

    /**
     * Called as a new PostScript file starts.
     * @param header the first line of the DSC-compliant file
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void startDocument(String header) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Called when the PostScript file is fully processed, i.e. after the %%EOF comment.
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void endDocument() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Called for each standard DSC comment. The classes passed to this method may be simple
     * DSCComment classes or special subclasses for some of the DSC comments.
     * @param comment the DSC comment
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void handleDSCComment(DSCComment comment) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Called for a normal line of PostScript code.
     * @param line the line of code
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void line(String line) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Called for any line containing a full-line PostScript comment. This is also called for
     * custom comments following the extension mechanism of the DSC specification.
     * @param comment the comment line
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void comment(String comment) throws IOException;

}