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+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of Stud.IP.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author      Moritz Strohm <strohm@data-quest.de>
+ * @copyright   2020
+ * @license     http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html GPL version 2
+ * @category    Stud.IP
+ * @since       4.6
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * This interface defines methods for reading search results from a
+ * library catalog.
+ */
+interface LibraryResultParser
+{
+    /**
+     * Read a set of search results from raw data.
+     *
+     * @returns LibraryDocument[] An array with all LibraryDocument
+     *     instances that could be read from the raw data.
+     */
+    public function readResultSet($data = '') : array;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Reads one search result record from raw data.
+     *
+     * @returns LibraryDocument|null The read data as LibraryDocument.
+     *     null is returned if no document could be read.
+     */
+    public function readRecord($data = '') : LibraryDocument;
+}