2 * Copyright (C) 2015 Roland Haeder
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17 package org.mxchange.addressbook.database.frontend;
19 import org.mxchange.addressbook.FrameworkInterface;
20 import org.mxchange.addressbook.database.storage.Storeable;
21 import org.mxchange.addressbook.exceptions.BadTokenException;
24 * A generic interface for database frontends
26 * @author Roland Haeder
28 public interface DatabaseFrontend extends FrameworkInterface {
30 * Parses given line from database backend into a Storeable instance. Please
31 * note that not all backends need this.
33 * @param line Line from database backend
34 * @return A Storeable instance
35 * @throws org.mxchange.addressbook.exceptions.BadTokenException If a token was badly formatted
37 public Storeable parseLineToStoreable (final String line) throws BadTokenException;