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+goog.provide('ol.parser.DomFeatureParser');
+goog.provide('ol.parser.ObjectFeatureParser');
+goog.provide('ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions');
+goog.provide('ol.parser.StringFeatureParser');
+
+goog.require('ol.Feature');
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @interface
+ */
+ol.parser.DomFeatureParser = function() {};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Element|Document} node Document or element node.
+ * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Feature reading options.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.Feature>} Array of features.
+ */
+ol.parser.DomFeatureParser.prototype.readFeaturesFromNode =
+    goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @interface
+ */
+ol.parser.ObjectFeatureParser = function() {};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {Object} obj Object representing features.
+ * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Feature reading options.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.Feature>} Array of features.
+ */
+ol.parser.ObjectFeatureParser.prototype.readFeaturesFromObject =
+    goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
+
+/**
+ * @interface
+ */
+ol.parser.StringFeatureParser = function() {};
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} data String data.
+ * @param {ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions=} opt_options Feature reading options.
+ * @return {Array.<ol.Feature>} Array of features.
+ */
+ol.parser.StringFeatureParser.prototype.readFeaturesFromString =
+    goog.abstractMethod;
+
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {function(ol.Feature, ol.geom.GeometryType):ol.geom.SharedVertices}
+ */
+ol.parser.ReadFeaturesCallback;
+
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {{callback: ol.parser.ReadFeaturesCallback}}
+ */
+ol.parser.ReadFeaturesOptions;