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+<?php
+// Own namespace
+namespace CoreFramework\Stream\Filesystem;
+
+// Import framework stuff
+use CoreFramework\Stream\Input\StreamableInput;
+
+/**
+ * An interface for file input operations.
+ *
+ * @author Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version 0.0.0
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2017 Core Developer Team
+ * @license GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link http://www.shipsimu.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+interface FileInputStreamer extends StreamableInput {
+ /**
+ * Reads from a local or remote file
+ *
+ * @param $fqfn The file's FQFN we shall load
+ * @return $array An array containing all read lines
+ * @throws InvalidArrayCountException If an array has not the expected size
+ * @throws InvalidMD5ChecksumException If two MD5 hashes did not match
+ */
+ function loadFileContents ($fqfn);
+
+}