<?php
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/**
 * @package     Doctrine
 * @url         http://www.phpdoctrine.com
 * @license     http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL
 * @author      Jukka Hassinen <Jukka.Hassinen@BrainAlliance.com>
 * @version     $Id$
 */


/**
 * class Doctrine_Import_Reader
 * Is responsible of reading a database definitions from a source and costructing a
 * database schema
 */
abstract class Doctrine_Import_Reader
{

    /** Aggregations: */

    /** Compositions: */

     /*** Attributes: ***/


    /**
     *
     * @return Doctrine_Schema
     * @abstract
     * @access public
     */
    abstract public function read( );


} // end of Doctrine_Import_Reader