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 package org.apache.any23.encoding;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.io.InputStream;

 /**

  * Defines a detector for <i>charset encoding</i>.

  *

  * @author Michele Mostarda ( michele.mostarda@gmail.com )

  */

 public interface EncodingDetector {

     /**

      * Guesses the data encoding.

      *

      * @param input the input stream containing the data.

      * @return a string compliant to

      *         <a href="http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets">IANA Charset Specification</a>.

      */

     String guessEncoding(InputStream input) throws IOException;

 }