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"""Abstract objects for the i18n extraction machinery

$Id: interfaces.py 26892 2004-08-04 05:10:21Z pruggera $
"""
__docformat__ = 'restructuredtext'

from zope.interface import Interface

class IPOTEntry(Interface):
    """Represents a single message entry in a POT file
    """

    def addComment(comment):
        """Add a comment to the entry
        """

    def addLocationComment(filename, line):
        """Add a comment regarding the location where this message id
        entry can be found
        """

    def write(file):
        """Write the entry to the file
        """

class IPOTMaker(Interface):
    """Writes POT entries to a POT file
    """
    
    def add(strings, base_dir=None):
        """Add `strings` to the internal catalog.
        """

    def write():
        """Write strings to the POT file
        """

class ITokenEater(Interface):
    """Eats tokens from the python tokenizer
    """
    
    def getCatalog():
        """Return the catalog of collected message ids as keys of a
        dictionary. The values are a tuple consisting the of the
        filename and the line number at which the message id was
        found.
        """