diff -r a151135b0cf9 -r aa2539c91954 tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/project/ProjectFileParser.java
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+++ b/tracesrv/tracecompiler/src/com.nokia.tracecompiler/src/com/nokia/tracecompiler/project/ProjectFileParser.java	Fri Oct 08 14:56:39 2010 +0300
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+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2007 Nokia Corporation and/or its subsidiary(-ies). 
+* All rights reserved.
+* This component and the accompanying materials are made available
+* under the terms of "Eclipse Public License v1.0"
+* which accompanies this distribution, and is available
+* at the URL "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html".
+*
+* Initial Contributors:
+* Nokia Corporation - initial contribution.
+*
+* Contributors:
+*
+* Description:
+*
+* Base class for project file parsers
+*
+*/
+package com.nokia.tracecompiler.project;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.engine.TraceCompilerEngineErrorCodes.FileErrorParameters;
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.engine.TraceCompilerEngineErrorCodes.TraceCompilerErrorCode;
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.model.TraceCompilerException;
+import com.nokia.tracecompiler.model.TraceModel;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for project file parsers
+ * 
+ */
+public abstract class ProjectFileParser {
+
+	/**
+	 * Trace model
+	 */
+	protected TraceModel model;
+
+	/**
+	 * Project file to be parsed
+	 */
+	protected File projectFile;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructor
+	 * 
+	 * @param model
+	 *            the trace model
+	 * @param fileName
+	 *            the project file name
+	 * @throws TraceCompilerException
+	 *             if file does not exist
+	 */
+	protected ProjectFileParser(TraceModel model, String fileName)
+			throws TraceCompilerException {
+		File file = new File(fileName);
+		if (file.exists()) {
+			this.model = model;
+			this.projectFile = file;
+			createParser();
+		} else {
+			FileErrorParameters params = new FileErrorParameters();
+			params.file = fileName;
+			throw new TraceCompilerException(
+					TraceCompilerErrorCode.FILE_NOT_FOUND, params);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates the file parser
+	 * 
+	 * @throws TraceCompilerException
+	 *             if creation fails
+	 */
+	protected abstract void createParser() throws TraceCompilerException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the project file
+	 * 
+	 * @throws TraceCompilerException
+	 *             if parser fails
+	 */
+	public abstract void parse() throws TraceCompilerException;
+
+}