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+/*
+The contents of this file are subject to the THDL Open Community License
+Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License on the THDL web site 
+(http://www.thdl.org/).
+
+Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, 
+WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 
+License for the specific terms governing rights and limitations under the 
+License. 
+
+The Initial Developer of this software is the Tibetan and Himalayan Digital
+Library (THDL). Portions created by the THDL are Copyright 2001 THDL.
+All Rights Reserved. 
+
+Contributor(s): ______________________________________.
+*/
+
+package org.thdl.tib.text.tshegbar;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/** A UnicodeReader attempts to read from an InputStream and forms our
+ *  <i>TTBIR</i>, our Tibetan Tsheg Bar Internal Representation.  You
+ *  have the choice of requiring syntactically correct Tibetan,
+ *  allowing all stacks, of allowing Unicode with erroneous (i.e.,
+ *  syntactically incorrect) constructs, and even of turning a few
+ *  erroneous Unicode constructs into best guesses.  Useful error
+ *  messages are generated for less-than-perfect input.
+ *
+ *  @author David Chandler */
+public class UnicodeReader {
+    /** You cannot instantiate this class. */
+    private UnicodeReader() { }
+    
+//      public static TTBIR parsePerfectUnicode() {
+//      }
+}