1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.springframework.batch.item.file;
17
18 import java.io.BufferedReader;
19 import java.io.IOException;
20 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
21
22 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
23
24 /**
25 * A factory strategy for custom extensions of {@link BufferedReader} allowing
26 * customisation of the standard behaviour of the <code>java.io</code> variety.
27 *
28 * @author Dave Syer
29 *
30 * @since 2.1
31 */
32 public interface BufferedReaderFactory {
33
34 /**
35 * Create a {@link BufferedReader} for reading String items from the
36 * provided resource.
37 *
38 * @param resource a {@link Resource} containing the data to be read
39 * @param encoding the encoding required for converting binary data to
40 * String
41 * @return a {@link BufferedReader}
42 * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException if the encoding is not supported by
43 * the platform
44 * @throws IOException if there is a problem creating the reader
45 */
46 BufferedReader create(Resource resource, String encoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException, IOException;
47
48 }