001 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------
002 This file is part of deegree, http://deegree.org/
003 Copyright (C) 2001-2009 by:
004 Department of Geography, University of Bonn
005 and
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007
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019
020 Contact information:
021
022 lat/lon GmbH
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024 Germany
025 http://lat-lon.de/
026
027 Department of Geography, University of Bonn
028 Prof. Dr. Klaus Greve
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030 Germany
031 http://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/deegree/
032
033 e-mail: info@deegree.org
034 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
035 package org.deegree.tools.importer;
036
037 /**
038 *
039 * The interface <code>Loader</code> must be implemented to handle the loading of objects, needed
040 * by the importer.
041 *
042 * @author <a href="mailto:buesching@lat-lon.de">Lyn Buesching</a>
043 * @author last edited by: $Author: buesching $
044 *
045 * @version $Revision: 1.1 $, $Date: 2007-10-10 14:21:26 $
046 *
047 */
048 public interface Loader {
049
050 /**
051 *
052 * @param objectToLoad
053 * have to contain all necessary information needed during import process
054 * @return the loaded object (can include more information needed during import process)
055 */
056 public Object loadObject( Object objectToLoad );
057
058 }