core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/IErrorParser.java

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package org.eclipse.cdt.core;

/**
 * Interface for error parser to parse build output to produce Errors, Warnings or Infos in Problems View.
 */
public interface IErrorParser {
	/**
	 * Finds error or warnings on the given line
	 * 
	 * @param line - line to process
	 * @param eoParser - {@link ErrorParserManager}
	 * @return {@code true} if the parser found a problem reported in output.
	 *    More accurately, {@code true} will consume the line (prevent other parsers from seeing it)
	 *    and {@code false} won't (the line will be handed to the next parser). 
	 */
	boolean processLine(String line, ErrorParserManager eoParser);

}