/*
* MegaMek - Copyright (C) 2000-2002 Ben Mazur (bmazur@sev.org)
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
* for more details.
*/
/*
* IMechLoader.java
*
* Created on June 21, 2002, 11:03 AM
*/
package megamek.common.loaders;
import megamek.common.Entity;
/**
* Classes implementing this interface are expected to be able to return a mech
* with the getMech method or throw an EntityLoadingException. Implementing
* classes will probably be constructed with a file, or file location as an
* argument.
*
* @author Ben
* @version
*/
public interface IMechLoader {
/**
* Return a valid mech, matching the file to the best of MegaMek's current
* capabilities, or throw an exception with a helpful message.
*/
public Entity getEntity() throws EntityLoadingException;
}
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