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package org.springframework.ldap.core;

/**
 * A parser for RFC2253-compliant Distinguished Names.
 * 
 * @author Mattias Hellborg Arthursson
 * 
 */
public interface DnParser {
    /**
     * Parse a full Distinguished Name.
     * 
     * @return the <code>DistinguishedName</code> corresponding to the parsed
     *         stream.
     */
    public DistinguishedName dn() throws ParseException;

    /**
     * Parse a Relative Distinguished Name.
     * 
     * @return the next rdn on the stream.
     */
    public LdapRdn rdn() throws ParseException;
}
