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* $Date: 2007-01-04 18:46:10 +0100 (Thu, 04 Jan 2007) $
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* Copyright (C) 2003-2007 The Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) project
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package org.openscience.cdk.io.iterator;
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import java.util.Iterator;
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import org.openscience.cdk.io.IChemObjectIO;
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* Interface for an iterating molecule reader. It allows to iterate over all molecules
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* in specific file format (e.g. SDF), without reading them into memory first. Suitable
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* for very large files, with thousands of molecules.
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* @see org.openscience.cdk.io.IChemObjectIO
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* @author Egon Willighagen <egonw@sci.kun.nl>
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* @cdk.created 2003-10-19
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public interface IIteratingChemObjectReader extends IChemObjectIO, Iterator {