RuleDefinitionReader (rossonet-helper 0.4.8 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRuleDefinitionReader, JsonRuleDefinitionReader, YamlRuleDefinitionReader

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface RuleDefinitionReader
```
Strategy interface for RuleDefinition readers.

See Also:

JsonRuleDefinitionReader, YamlRuleDefinitionReader

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.List<RuleDefinition>`	`read(java.io.Reader reader)`	Read a list of rule definitions from a rule descriptor.

- Method Detail
  - read
```
java.util.List<RuleDefinition> read(java.io.Reader reader)
                             throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Read a list of rule definitions from a rule descriptor. The descriptor is expected to contain a collection of rule definitions even for a single rule.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reader - of the rules descriptor
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of rule definitions
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - if a problem occurs during rule definition reading