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package org.apache.commons.net.ftp.parser;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPClientConfig;
import org.apache.commons.net.ftp.FTPFileEntryParser;

/**
 * The interface describes a factory for creating FTPFileEntryParsers.
 * @since 1.2
 */
public interface FTPFileEntryParserFactory
{
    /**
     * Implementation should be a method that decodes the
     * supplied key and creates an object implementing the
     * interface FTPFileEntryParser.
     *
     * @param key    A string that somehow identifies an
     *               FTPFileEntryParser to be created.
     *
     * @return the FTPFileEntryParser created.
     * @exception ParserInitializationException
     *                   Thrown on any exception in instantiation
     */
    public FTPFileEntryParser createFileEntryParser(String key)
        throws ParserInitializationException;
    
    /**
     *<p>
     * Implementation should be a method that extracts
     * a key from the supplied {@link  FTPClientConfig FTPClientConfig}
     * parameter and creates an object implementing the
     * interface FTPFileEntryParser and uses the supplied configuration
     * to configure it.
     * </p><p>
     * Note that this method will generally not be called in scenarios
     * that call for autodetection of parser type but rather, for situations
     * where the user knows that the server uses a non-default configuration
     * and knows what that configuration is.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param config  A {@link  FTPClientConfig FTPClientConfig}  
     * used to configure the parser created
     *
     * @return the @link  FTPFileEntryParser FTPFileEntryParser} so created.
     * @exception ParserInitializationException
     *                   Thrown on any exception in instantiation
     * @since 1.4
     */
    public FTPFileEntryParser createFileEntryParser(FTPClientConfig config)
    	throws ParserInitializationException;

}