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32
33package com.jme3.asset;
34
35import java.io.IOException;
36
37/**
38 * An interface for asset loaders. An <code>AssetLoader</code> is responsible
39 * for loading a certain type of asset associated with file extension(s).
40 * The loader will load the data in the provided {@link AssetInfo} object by
41 * calling {@link AssetInfo#openStream() }, returning an object representing
42 * the parsed data.
43 */
44public interface AssetLoader {
45
46    /**
47     * Loads asset from the given input stream, parsing it into
48     * an application-usable object.
49     *
50     * @return An object representing the resource.
51     * @throws java.io.IOException If an I/O error occurs while loading
52     */
53    public Object load(AssetInfo assetInfo) throws IOException;
54}
55