// This file is part of TagSoup and is Copyright 2002-2008 by John Cowan.
//
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// 
// Scanner

using System.IO;

namespace TagSoup
{
    /// <summary>
    /// An interface allowing <see cref="Parser"/> to invoke scanners.
    /// </summary>
    public interface IScanner
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Invoke a scanner.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="br">
        /// A source of characters to scan
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="handler">
        /// A <see cref="IScanHandler"/> to report events to
        /// </param>
        void Scan(TextReader br, IScanHandler handler);

        /// <summary>
        /// Reset the embedded locator.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="publicid">
        /// The publicid of the source
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="systemid">
        /// The systemid of the source
        /// </param>
        void ResetDocumentLocator(string publicid, string systemid);

        /// <summary>
        /// Signal to the scanner to start CDATA content mode.
        /// </summary>
        void StartCDATA();
    }
}
