<?php
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/**
 * class Doctrine_Import_Reader
 * Is responsible of reading a database definitions from a source and costructing a
 * database schema
 *
 * @package     Doctrine
 * @subpackage  Import
 * @link        www.phpdoctrine.com
 * @license     http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL
 * @since       1.0
 * @version     $Revision$
 * @author      Konsta Vesterinen <kvesteri@cc.hut.fi>
 */
abstract class Doctrine_Import_Reader
{

    /** Aggregations: */

    /** Compositions: */

     /*** Attributes: ***/

    /**
     *
     * @return Doctrine_Schema
     * @abstract
     * @access public
     */
    abstract public function read( );

}