1 /**
2 *
3 */
4 package org.treetank.api;
5
6 import java.io.DataInput;
7
8 import org.treetank.exception.TTIOException;
9
10 /**
11 * Creating MetaEntries based on the implementation and the bundle.
12 *
13 * @author Sebastian Graf, University of Konstanz
14 *
15 */
16 public interface IMetaEntryFactory {
17
18 /**
19 * Create a meta-entry out of a serialized byte-representation.
20 *
21 * @param pData
22 * byte representation.
23 * @return the created metaEntry.
24 * @throws TTIOException
25 * if anything weird happens
26 */
27 IMetaEntry deserializeEntry(final DataInput pData) throws TTIOException;
28
29 }