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+package de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.datasource.parser;
+/*
+This file is part of ELKI:
+Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures
+
+Copyright (C) 2011
+Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
+Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Datenbanksysteme
+ELKI Development Team
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import de.lmu.ifi.dbs.elki.distance.distancevalue.Distance;
+
+/**
+ * A DistanceParser shall provide a DistanceParsingResult by parsing an InputStream.
+ *
+ * @author Arthur Zimek
+ * 
+ * @apiviz.uses DistanceParsingResult oneway - - «create»
+ * 
+ * @param <D> distance type
+ */
+public interface DistanceParser<D extends Distance<D>> {
+  /**
+   * Returns a list of the objects parsed from the specified input stream
+   * and a list of the labels associated with the objects.
+   *
+   * @param in the stream to parse objects from
+   * @return a list containing those objects parsed
+   *         from the input stream and their associated labels.
+   */
+  DistanceParsingResult<D> parse(InputStream in);
+}