<?php
/**
 * File containing the ezcFeedParser interface.
 *
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 *
 * @package Feed
 * @version //autogentag//
 * @copyright Copyright (C) 2005-2010 eZ Systems AS. All rights reserved.
 * @license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache License, Version 2.0
 * @filesource
 */

/**
 * Interface for feed parsers.
 *
 * Currently implemented for these feed types:
 *  - RSS1 ({@link ezcFeedRss1})
 *  - RSS2 ({@link ezcFeedRss2})
 *  - ATOM ({@link ezcFeedAtom})
 *
 * The implementing classes must implement these methods:
 * - canParse() - Returns true if the class can parse the provided XML document.
 * - parse() - Parse the provided XML document and return an ezcFeed object.
 *
 * @package Feed
 * @version //autogentag//
 */
interface ezcFeedParser
{
    /**
     * Returns true if the parser can parse the provided XML document object,
     * false otherwise.
     *
     * @param DOMDocument $xml The XML document object to check for parseability
     * @return bool
     */
    public static function canParse( DOMDocument $xml );

    /**
     * Parses the provided XML document object and returns an ezcFeed object
     * from it.
     *
     * @throws ezcFeedParseErrorException
     *         If an error was encountered during parsing.
     *
     * @param DOMDocument $xml The XML document object to parse
     * @return ezcFeed
     */
    public function parse( DOMDocument $xml );
}
?>