trunk/src/modules-core/cache/java/src/org/apache/lenya/ac/cache/InputStreamBuilder.java

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package org.apache.lenya.ac.cache;

import java.io.InputStream;

/**
 * Interface for objects capable of building objects from input streams.
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface InputStreamBuilder {

    /**
     * Builds an object from an input stream.
     * @param stream An input stream.
     * @return An object.
     * @throws BuildException when building the object failed.
     */
    Object build(InputStream stream) throws BuildException;

}