catalogloader.java

SSD3 icarnegie FileCatalogLoader

import java.io.*;

/**
 * This interface declares a method for obtaining a products catalog.
 *
 * @author iCarnegie
 * @version 1.1.0
 * @see Catalog
 */
public interface CatalogLoader  {

	/*
	 * Loads the product catalog with the data in the specified file.
	 *
	 * @param filename  The name of a file that contains catalog
	 *                  information.
	 * @return the product catalog.
	 * @throws FileNotFoundException  if the specified file does not
	 *                                exist.
	 * @throws IOException  if there is an error reading the
	 *                     information in the specified file.
	 * @throws DataFormatException  if the file contains
	 *                                     badly-formed data.
	 */
	Catalog loadCatalog(String fileName)
		throws FileNotFoundException, IOException, DataFormatException;
}