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package org.eclipse.wst.wsi.internal.core.profile;

import java.io.Reader;

import org.eclipse.wst.wsi.internal.core.WSIException;
import org.eclipse.wst.wsi.internal.core.document.DocumentReader;

/**
 * Defines the interface used to read a profile assertions documents.
 * 
 * @version 1.0.1
 * @author Peter Brittenham (peterbr@us.ibm.com)
 */
public interface ProfileAssertionsReader extends DocumentReader
{
  /**
   * Read the profile assertions file.
   * @param assertionsURI he profile assertions file location.
   * @return the ProfileAssertions object.
   * @throws WSIException if problem occur while reading the file.
   */
  public ProfileAssertions readProfileAssertions(String assertionsURI)
    throws WSIException;

  /**
   * Read the profile assertions  file.
   * @param reader a Reader object.
   * @return the ProfileAssertions object.
   * @throws WSIException  if problem occur while reading the file.
   */
  public ProfileAssertions readProfileAssertions(Reader reader)
    throws WSIException;
}