ModelParser (InterMine 5.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

InterMineModelParser
```
public interface ModelParser
```
Common interface for parsing source models into InterMine model format.

Author:

Richard Smith

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Set<ClassDescriptor>`	`generateClassDescriptors(java.io.Reader fileReader, java.lang.String packageName)`	Read source information and construct a list of InterMine ClassDescriptors
`Model`	`process(java.io.Reader reader)`	Read source model information and construct a InterMine Model object.

- Method Detail
  - process
```
Model process(java.io.Reader reader)
       throws ModelParserException
```
    Read source model information and construct a InterMine Model object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - the source model to parse
    
    Returns:
    
    the InterMine Model created
    
    Throws:
    
    ModelParserException - if Model not created successfully
  - generateClassDescriptors
```
java.util.Set<ClassDescriptor> generateClassDescriptors(java.io.Reader fileReader,
                                                        java.lang.String packageName)
                                                 throws ModelParserException
```
    Read source information and construct a list of InterMine ClassDescriptors
    
    Parameters:
    
    fileReader - The object to read data from.
    
    packageName - The name of the package to load classes into.
    
    Returns:
    
    the class descriptors constructed from their serialised form.
    
    Throws:
    
    ModelParserException - if Model not created successfully