compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/fxg/IFXGParser.java

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package org.apache.royale.compiler.fxg;

import java.io.Reader;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.royale.compiler.fxg.dom.IFXGNode;
import org.apache.royale.compiler.problems.ICompilerProblem;

/**
 * A IFXGParser parses an InputStream for an FXG document and builds a custom
 * DOM. Custom FXGNodes can be registered to represent specific elements and
 * elements can also be marked as skipped prior to parsing .
 */
public interface IFXGParser
{
    /**
     * Parses an FXG document reader to produce an IFXGNode based DOM.
     * 
     * @param reader - Reader of the document to be parsed.
     * @param problems problem collection used to collect problems occurred within this method
     * @return the root IFXGNode of the DOM
     */
    IFXGNode parse(Reader reader, Collection<ICompilerProblem> problems);

    /**
     * Parses an FXG document reader to produce an IFXGNode based DOM.
     *
     * @param reader - Reader of the document to be parsed.
     * @param documentPath - the path of the FXG document which can be useful
     * for error reporting.
     * @param problems problem collection used to collect problems occurred within this method
     * @return the root IFXGNode of the DOM
     */
    IFXGNode parse(Reader reader, String documentPath, Collection<ICompilerProblem> problems);
}