/*
 * FindBugs - Find Bugs in Java programs
 * Copyright (C) 2003-2007 University of Maryland
 *
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 */

package edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.engine;

import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.InvalidClassFileFormatException;
import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.analysis.ClassInfo;
import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.classfile.analysis.ClassNameAndSuperclassInfo;

/**
 * Interface implemented by ClassParsers - objects that take the raw bytes of a
 * classfile and parse the important symbolic information to produce
 * ClassNameAndSuperclassInfo and ClassInfo objects.
 * 
 * @author Bill Pugh
 * @author David Hovemeyer
 */
public interface ClassParserInterface {

    /**
     * Parse the class data into a ClassNameAndSuperclassInfo object containing
     * (some of) the class's symbolic information.
     * 
     * @param classInfo
     *            a ClassNameAndSuperclassInfo object to be filled in with (some
     *            of) the class's symbolic information
     * @throws InvalidClassFileFormatException
     */
    public void parse(ClassNameAndSuperclassInfo.Builder classInfo) throws InvalidClassFileFormatException;

    /**
     * Parse the class data into a ClassInfo object containing (some of) the
     * class's symbolic information.
     * 
     * @param classInfo
     *            a ClassInfo object to be filled in with (some of) the class's
     *            symbolic information
     * @throws InvalidClassFileFormatException
     */
    public void parse(ClassInfo.Builder classInfo) throws InvalidClassFileFormatException;

}