Importer (Silverpeas Core 6.3 API)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the resource to import.

All Known Subinterfaces:

ICalendarImporter

All Known Implementing Classes:

ICal4JImporter
```
public interface Importer<T>
```
An importer of a resource encoded into a format of a given MIME type.
All importers in Silverpeas should implement this interface. An importer in Silverpeas is defined for a specific type of resources and it has the responsibility to process the import of such types of resources from a specific format of given MIME type.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`imports(ImportDescriptor descriptor, Consumer<T> consumer)`	Imports a resource of Silverpeas serialized into a specific format of a given MIME type from either the reader or the input stream provided by the specified descriptor.

- Method Detail
  - imports
```
void imports(ImportDescriptor descriptor,
             Consumer<T> consumer)
      throws ImportException
```
    Imports a resource of Silverpeas serialized into a specific format of a given MIME type from either the reader or the input stream provided by the specified descriptor. The result of the import is then passed to the specified consumer.
    
    Parameters:
    
    descriptor - the import descriptor that describes how the import has to be done.
    
    consumer - the consumer that takes the resource that was decoded. It ends the import process by, for example, saving it into Silverpeas.
    
    Throws:
    
    ImportException - when an unexpected error occurs while importing the resource.