/*
 *  Gaia CU3 WP-T-360 FL Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC)
 *
 *  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 *  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 *  Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 *  MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */

package gaia.cu3.gbin2ascii.converter;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * @author Thomas Bruesemeister <tbruese@ari.uni-heidelberg.de>
 * @version $Id: $
 * 
 *
 * TODO: WL -- Mar 20, 2012 -- assigned to WL -- mantis # -- add requirement tags
 */
public interface Converter {

    /**
     * Returns a string conversion of the given file
     * @param f the file to be converted
     * @return a string conversion of the given file
     */
    public void convert(File f, PrintStream outF) throws IOException;
    
    
}