net.xoetrope.optional.filter
Interface FilePreprocessor

All Known Implementing Classes:

SvgPreprocessor, SynthPreprocessor

public interface FilePreprocessor

An interface for file processing in a filter like fashion

Copyright: Copyright (c) Xoetrope Ltd., 1998-2003

$Revision: 1.3 $

Method Summary

java.lang.String

process(java.io.BufferedInputStream is) Read the file from the input stream, do any substitutions required and return the processed file as a string.

Method Detail

process

java.lang.String process(java.io.BufferedInputStream is)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Read the file from the input stream, do any substitutions required and return the processed file as a string.

Parameters:

is - The input stream

Returns:

the processed file

Throws:

java.io.IOException - thrown when there are problems reading the input stream