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/*
 * DocumentTypeParser.java
 *
 * Created on January 8, 2006, 2:48 PM
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package org.netbeans.modules.xml.retriever;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.List;
import org.netbeans.modules.xml.retriever.impl.*;
import org.openide.filesystems.FileObject;

/**
 *
 * @author girix
 */
public interface DocumentTypeParser {
    
    /**
     * will be called by factory to check if the mimeType is accepted by this parser.
     * @param mimeType MIME type of the current document
     */
    boolean accept(String mimeType);
    /**
     * this method will be called by the client to get all the external references found in this fileObject.
     * @param fob FileObject of the file that needs to be pased.
     */
    List<String> getAllLocationOfReferencedEntities(FileObject fob) throws Exception;
    
    List<String> getAllLocationOfReferencedEntities(File fileToBeParsed) throws Exception;
}