Ptidej-v5.2-master/POM Tests/data/ArgoUML_0.28/src/org/argouml/profile/ProfileModelLoader.java
// $Id: ProfileModelLoader.java 14666 2008-05-08 16:18:39Z tfmorris $
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package org.argouml.profile;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Interface to be implemented by profile model loaders.
 *
 * @author maurelio1234
 */
public interface ProfileModelLoader {
    
    
    /**
     * Load a model from the specified path.
     * 
     * @param reference the reference to the profile file, which contains the
     *                path where the profile file can be found.
     * @return the set of defined packages.
     * @throws ProfileException if the profile could not be loaded for some
     *                 reason.
     */
    Collection loadModel(ProfileReference reference) throws ProfileException;  
}
