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package org.spongepowered.api.data.persistence;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.io.Writer;

/**
 * Represents a {@link DataFormat} that reads and writes data from/to a string.
 */
public interface StringDataFormat extends DataFormat {

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link DataContainer} from the contents of the given
     * {@link String}.
     *
     * @param input The string to parse
     * @return A data container representing the parsed contents of the string
     * @throws InvalidDataException If the data in the string was not a
     *         supported format
     * @throws IOException If there was an error reading from the string
     */
    DataContainer read(String input) throws InvalidDataException, IOException;

    /**
     * Creates a new {@link DataContainer} from the contents of the given
     * {@link Reader}.
     *
     * @param input The reader
     * @return A data container representing the parsed contents of the reader
     * @throws InvalidDataException If the data in the reader was not a
     *         supported format
     * @throws IOException If there was an error reading from the reader
     */
    DataContainer readFrom(Reader input) throws InvalidDataException, IOException;

    /**
     * Serializes the given {@link DataView} to a {@link String} using
     * the format specified by this {@link DataFormat}.
     *
     * @param data The DataView to write
     * @return The serialized data view
     * @throws IOException If there was an error serializing the data
     */
    String write(DataView data) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes the given {@link DataView} to the given {@link Writer} using
     * the format specified by this {@link DataFormat}.
     *
     * @param output The writer to write the data to
     * @param data The DataView to write to the writer
     * @throws IOException If there was an error writing to the writer
     */
    void writeTo(Writer output, DataView data) throws IOException;

}