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/**
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* Copyright (C) 2007 EDIT
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* European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy 
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* http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
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* 
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* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
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* See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
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*/
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package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common;
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import java.util.List;
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import eu.etaxonomy.cdm.strategy.parser.ParserProblem;
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/**
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 * @author a.mueller
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 * @created 21.05.2008
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 * @version 1.0
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 */
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public interface IParsable {
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	/**
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	 * Returns an integer value indicating whether the used parser 
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	 * method was able to parse a string successfully into this object (<code>0</code>)
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	 * or not (<code>!=0</code>). The the parsing was not successful the value returned 
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	 * defines in more detail what the problem was. The definition of these values depends
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	 * on the parser that has been used for parsing.
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	 *  
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	 * @return  the int value parsingProblem
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	 */
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	public int getParsingProblem();
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	/**
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	 * @see  #getParsingProblem()
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	 */
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	public void setParsingProblem(int hasProblem);
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	/**
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	 * Returns true if any parsing problem (warning or error) exists.  
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	 * @see  #getHasProblem()
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	 */
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	public boolean hasProblem();
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	/**
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	 * Returns true, if the specified problem exists. False otherwise.
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	 * @param problem
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	 * @return
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	public boolean hasProblem(ParserProblem problem);
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	/**
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	 * Returns a list of all warnings and errors that have been recognized during the parsing
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	 * @return
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	public List<ParserProblem> getParsingProblems();
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	/**
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	 * Adds a parsing problem to the list of parsing problems
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	 * @param problem
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	public void addParsingProblem(ParserProblem problem);
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	/**
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	 * Removes a parsing problem from the list of parsing problems.
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	 * If the problem is not in the list or is <code>null</code>, nothing happens.
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	 * @param warning
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	 */public void removeParsingProblem(ParserProblem problem);
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	/**
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	 * Returns the integer value of the position where a parsing problem starts.
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	 * If no problem exists -1 is returned.
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	 * Default: -1
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	 * @see  #getHasProblem()
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	@Deprecated
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	public int getProblemStarts();
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	/**
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	 * Returns the integer value of the position where a parsing problem ends.
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	 * Default: -1
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	 * @see  #getHasProblem()
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	@Deprecated
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	public int getProblemEnds();
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	/**
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	public void setProblemStarts(int start);
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	/**
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	 * @see  #getProblemEnds()
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	public void setProblemEnds(int end);
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