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package org.openoffice.xmerge;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A {@code DocumentDeserializer} represents a converter that converts
 * "Device" {@code Document} objects into the "Office"
 * {@code Document} format.
 *
 * <p>The {@code PluginFactory} {@link
 * org.openoffice.xmerge.DocumentDeserializerFactory#createDocumentDeserializer
 * createDocumentDeserializer} method creates a {@code DocumentDeserializer},
 * which may or may not implement {@code DocumentDeserializer2}.  When it is
 * constructed, a {@code ConvertData} object is passed in to be used as input.
 * </p>
 *
 * @see  org.openoffice.xmerge.PluginFactory
 * @see  org.openoffice.xmerge.DocumentDeserializerFactory
 */
public interface DocumentDeserializer2 extends DocumentSerializer {

    /**
     * Convert the data passed into the {@code DocumentDeserializer2}
     * constructor into the &quot;Office&quot; {@code Document} format.
     *
     * <p>The URL's passed may be used to resolve links and to choose the name
     * of the output office document.</p>
     *
     * <p>This method may or may not be thread-safe.  It is expected that the
     * user code does not call this method in more than one thread.  And for
     * most cases, this method is only done once.</p>
     *
     * @return  The resulting {@code Document} object from conversion.
     *
     * @param   deviceURL         URL of the device document (may be null if unknown)
     * @param   officeURL         URL of the office document (may be null if unknown)
     *
     * @throws  ConvertException  If any Convert error occurs.
     * @throws  IOException       If any I/O error occurs.
     */
    Document deserialize(String deviceURL, String officeURL) throws
        ConvertException, IOException;
}