1 /**
2 *
3 */
4 package org.treetank.api;
5
6 import java.io.DataInput;
7
8 import org.treetank.bucket.DumbDataFactory;
9 import org.treetank.exception.TTIOException;
10
11 import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
12
13 /**
14 * Factory to generate datas out of raw data. Depending on the kind of data, this factory simple generate
15 * datas for the {@link IData} interface.
16 *
17 * The interface is the counterpart to the serialization-method
18 * {@link org.treetank.api.IData#serialize(java.io.DataOutput)}.
19 *
20 * @author Sebastian Graf, University of Konstanz
21 *
22 */
23 @ImplementedBy(DumbDataFactory.class)
24 public interface IDataFactory {
25
26 /**
27 * Create a data out of a serialized byte-representation.
28 *
29 * @param pData
30 * byte representation.
31 * @return the created data.
32 * @throws TTIOException
33 * if any weird happens
34 */
35 IData deserializeData(final DataInput pData) throws TTIOException;
36
37 }