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021package org.biojava.bio.taxa;
022
023import org.biojava.utils.ChangeVetoException;
024
025/**
026 * Encapsulate the mapping between Taxon and stringified
027 * representations of taxa.
028 *
029 * @author Matthew Pocock
030 * @deprecated replaced by classes in {@link org.biojavax.bio.taxa org.biojavax.bio.taxa}
031 */
032public interface TaxonParser {
033  /**
034   * Convert a stringified Taxon into a Taxon instance.
035   *
036   * @param taxonFactory  the TaxonFactory used to instantiate taxa instances
037   * @param taxonString  the String to parse
038   * @return a Taxon instance created by the TaxonFactory from the taxonString
039   */
040  public Taxon parse(TaxonFactory taxonFactory, String taxonString)
041  throws ChangeVetoException, CircularReferenceException;
042  
043  /**
044   * Convert a Taxon into a stringified representation.
045   *
046   * @param taxon the Taxon to serialize
047   * @return the stringified version of Taxon
048   */
049  public String serialize(Taxon taxon);
050}