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 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 */
package org.jab.docsearch.converters;


/**
 * Interface ConverterInterface
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ConverterInterface {
    /**
     * Gets the author of the document.
     *
     * @return  author of document or null
     */
    String getAuthor();


    /**
     * Gets the title of the document.
     *
     * @return  title of document or null
     */
    String getTitle();


    /**
     * Gets the text of the document.
     *
     * @return  text of document or null
     */
    String getText();


    /**
     * Gets the summary of the document.
     *
     * @return  summary of document or null
     */
    String getSummary();


    /**
     * Parse Document
     *
     * @throws ConverterException  Converter problem
     */
    void parse() throws ConverterException;
}
