edu.stanford.nlp.trees.TreeReader.java Source code

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package edu.stanford.nlp.trees;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A <code>TreeReader</code> adds functionality to another <code>Reader</code>
 * by reading in Trees, or some descendant class.
 *
 * @author Christopher Manning
 * @author Roger Levy (mod. 2003/01)
 * @version 2003/01
 */
public interface TreeReader extends Closeable {

    /**
     * Reads a single tree.
     *
     * @return A single tree, or <code>null</code> at end of file.
     * @throws java.io.IOException If I/O problem
     */
    public Tree readTree() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Close the Reader behind this <code>TreeReader</code>.
     */
    @Override
    public void close() throws IOException;

}