iiteratingchemobjectreader.java

化学图形处理软件

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package org.openscience.cdk.io.iterator;

import java.util.Iterator;

import org.openscience.cdk.io.IChemObjectIO;

/**
 * Interface for an iterating molecule reader. It allows to iterate over all molecules
 * in specific file format (e.g. SDF), without reading them into memory first. Suitable
 * for very large files, with thousands of molecules.
 *
 * @cdk.module io
 *
 * @see org.openscience.cdk.io.IChemObjectIO
 *
 * @author  Egon Willighagen <[e-mail]>
 * @cdk.created 2003-10-19
 */
public interface IIteratingChemObjectReader extends IChemObjectIO, Iterator {

}