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  package org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.client.api;
  
  import java.io.File;
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.InputStream;
  import java.io.Reader;
  import java.net.URL;
  import java.util.Map;
  
  import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.endpoints.CmisAuthentication;
  import org.apache.chemistry.opencmis.commons.endpoints.CmisEndpointsDocument;
  
  public interface CmisEndpointDocumentReader {
  
      /**
       * Reads a CMIS Endpoint Document from a URL.
       */
      CmisEndpointsDocument read(URL url) throws IOException;
  
      /**
       * Reads a CMIS Endpoint Document from a file.
       */
      CmisEndpointsDocument read(File file) throws IOException;
  
      /**
       * Reads a CMIS Endpoint Document from a stream.
       */
      CmisEndpointsDocument read(InputStream in) throws IOException;
  
      /**
       * Reads a CMIS Endpoint Document from a reader.
       */
      CmisEndpointsDocument read(Reader in) throws IOException;
  
      /**
       * Reads a CMIS Endpoint Document from a String.
       */
      CmisEndpointsDocument read(String in);
  
      /**
       * Prepares session parameters based on the provides authentication
       * information.
       * 
       * @param authentication
       *            a CMIS authentication object
       * 
       * @return an incomplete set of session parameters, never {@code null}
       */
      Map<String, String> pepareSessionParameters(CmisAuthentication authentication);
  
  }
  