/************************************************************************
 *
 *  StarMathConverter.java
 *
 *  Copyright: 2002-2008 by Henrik Just
 *
 *  This file is part of Writer2LaTeX.
 *  
 *  Writer2LaTeX is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 *  (at your option) any later version.
 *  
 *  Writer2LaTeX is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *  
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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 * 
 *  Version 1.0 (2008-11-23)
 *
 */
 
package writer2latex.api;

//import java.io.InputStream;
//import java.io.IOException;

/** This is an interface for a converter, which offers conversion of
 *  a StarMath formula into LaTeX
 *  Instances of this interface are created using the
 *  {@link ConverterFactory}
 */
public interface StarMathConverter {
    
    /** Get the configuration used when converting.
     *
     *  @return the configuration used by this converter
     */
    public Config getConfig();

    /** Convert a StarMath formula
     *
     *  @param sStarMathFormula is a string containing the StarMath formula
     *  @return a string containing the converted LaTeX formula
     */
    public String convert(String sStarMathFormula);
	
    /** Create a suitable LaTeX preamble to process the formulas converted so far
     * 
     *  @return a string containg the entire LaTeX preamble
     */
    public String getPreamble();

}