doxia-core/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/Doxia.java

package org.apache.maven.doxia;

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import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.ParseException;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.Parser;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserNotFoundException;
import org.apache.maven.doxia.sink.Sink;

import java.io.Reader;

/**
 * Basic interface of the Doxia framework.
 *
 * @author Jason van Zyl
 * @version $Id$
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface Doxia
{
    /** The Plexus lookup role. */
    String ROLE = Doxia.class.getName();

    /**
     * Parses the given source model using a parser with given id,
     * and emits Doxia events into the given sink.
     *
     * @param source not null reader that provides the source document.
     * You could use <code>newReader</code> methods from {@link org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory}.
     * @param parserId Identifier for the parser to use.
     * @param sink A sink that consumes the Doxia events.
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserNotFoundException
     * if no parser could be found for the given id.
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.ParseException if the model could not be parsed.
     */
    void parse( Reader source, String parserId, Sink sink )
        throws ParserNotFoundException, ParseException;

    /**
     * Return a parser for the given <code>parserId</code>.
     *
     * @param parserId Identifier for the parser to use.
     * @return the parser defining by parserId.
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserNotFoundException
     * if no parser could be found for the given id.
     */
    Parser getParser( String parserId )
        throws ParserNotFoundException;
}