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package uno.informatics.common.io;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Reads a data source column by column
 * 
 * @author Guy Davenport
 */
public interface ColumnReader extends TableReader
{
	/**
	 * Gets the current column cell values
	 * 
	 * @return the column cell values
	 * @throws IOException if the data source can not be read
	 */
	public List getColumnCells() throws IOException ;
	
	/**
	 * Gets the current column cell values as an array
	 * 
	 * @return the column cell values as an array
	 * @throws IOException if the data source can not be read
	 */
	public Object[] getColumnCellsAsArray() throws IOException ;
}