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package org.apache.oodt.cas.cli.parser;

//JDK imports
import java.util.List;

//OODT imports
import org.apache.oodt.cas.cli.exception.CmdLineParserException;
import org.apache.oodt.cas.cli.util.ParsedArg;

/**
 * Command Line parser which parse command line arguments into a {@link Set} of
 * {@link CmdLineOptionInstance}s.
 * 
 * @author bfoster (Brian Foster)
 */
public interface CmdLineParser {

   public List<ParsedArg> parse(String[] args) throws CmdLineParserException;

}