com.tensegrity.generic.persistence
Interface Reader

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLReader, XMLStreamReader

public interface Reader

The Reader interface defines an object that is able to read information from a data source and create an AttributeList from that information.

Version:

$Id: Reader.java,v 1.10 2005/04/19 12:01:52 MichaelKegel Exp $

Author:

MichaelKegel

Method Summary

AttributeList

read() This method reads the information available in the data source and returns them in form of an AttributeList.

Method Detail

read

public AttributeList read()
                   throws ReadException

This method reads the information available in the data source and returns them in form of an AttributeList.

Returns:

AttributeList with the read information.

Throws:

ReadException - is thrown whenever an error occurs while reading the information

XMLParseException - thrown if the an error occurs during the processing of XML data.

See Also:

AttributeList