/* $Id$ */

/**
 * @file 
 *
 * Most recent change:
 *   $Date$
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 The University of Sydney, Australia
 * Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 California Institute of Technology 
 *
 * This file is part of GPlates.
 *
 * GPlates is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
 * the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 * GPlates 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, write to Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 */

#ifndef GPLATES_FILEIO_PLATESLINEFORMATREADER_H
#define GPLATES_FILEIO_PLATESLINEFORMATREADER_H

#include "File.h"
#include "FileInfo.h"
#include "ErrorOpeningFileForReadingException.h"
#include "ReadErrorAccumulation.h"
#include "model/FeatureCollectionHandle.h"


namespace GPlatesFileIO
{
	class PlatesLineFormatReader
	{
	public:
		/**
		 * Read the PLATES line-format file specified by @a fileinfo.
		 *
		 * If the file cannot be opened for reading, an exception of type
		 * ErrorOpeningFileForReadingException will be thrown.
		 */
		static 
		void
		read_file(
				File::Reference &file,
				ReadErrorAccumulation &read_errors,
				bool &contains_unsaved_changes);
	};
	
}

#endif // GPLATES_FILEIO_PLATESLINEFORMATREADER_H
