GetParser (Geotools modules 31-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PullParserFeatureReader, XmlComplexFeatureParser, XmlFeatureParser, XmlSimpleFeatureParser
```
public interface GetParser<F extends Feature>
```
Interface to return appropriate feature parser.

Author:

Adam Brown (Curtin University of Technology)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	Close the parser.
`FeatureType`	`getFeatureType()`	Get the feature type that the parser is targeting.
`int`	`getNumberOfFeatures()`	Returns the number of features if advertised by the server and the parser was able to get that information for example from the `wfs:FeatureCollection` "numberOfFeatures" xml attribute, or `-1` if unknown.
`F`	`parse()`
`void`	`setGeometryFactory(GeometryFactory geometryFactory)`	Set the geometry factory.

- Method Detail
  - getNumberOfFeatures
```
int getNumberOfFeatures()
```
    Returns the number of features if advertised by the server and the parser was able to get that information for example from the wfs:FeatureCollection "numberOfFeatures" xml attribute, or -1 if unknown.
    
    Returns:
    
    number of features advertised by server, or -1 if unknown
  - parse
```
F parse()
 throws IOException
```
    Returns:
    
    the next feature in the stream or null if there are no more features to parse.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException
  - close
```
void close()
    throws IOException
```
    Close the parser.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - Throws IOException if there was a problem closing the parser.
  - getFeatureType
```
FeatureType getFeatureType()
```
    Get the feature type that the parser is targeting.
    
    Returns:
    
    The feature type that the parser is targeting.
  - setGeometryFactory
```
void setGeometryFactory(GeometryFactory geometryFactory)
```
    Set the geometry factory.
    
    Parameters:
    
    geometryFactory - The geometry factory to use.