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1 <?php
2 /**
3 * Source interface for XML import.
4 *
5 * Copyright © 2003,2005 Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
6 * https://www.mediawiki.org/
7 *
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
9 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
10 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
11 * (at your option) any later version.
12 *
13 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 * GNU General Public License for more details.
17 *
18 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
19 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
20 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
21 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
22 *
23 * @file
24 * @ingroup SpecialPage
25 */
26
27 /**
28 * Source interface for XML import.
29 *
30 * @ingroup SpecialPage
31 */
32 interface ImportSource {
33
34 /**
35 * Indicates whether the end of the input has been reached.
36 * Will return true after a finite number of calls to readChunk.
37 *
38 * @return bool true if there is no more input, false otherwise.
39 */
40 function atEnd();
41
42 /**
43 * Return a chunk of the input, as a (possibly empty) string.
44 * When the end of input is reached, readChunk() returns false.
45 * If atEnd() returns false, readChunk() will return a string.
46 * If atEnd() returns true, readChunk() will return false.
47 *
48 * @return bool|string
49 */
50 function readChunk();
51 }