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+#ifndef SCIQLOP_AMDARESULTPARSERHELPER_H
+#define SCIQLOP_AMDARESULTPARSERHELPER_H
+
+#include <QtCore/QLoggingCategory>
+#include <QtCore/QString>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+class IDataSeries;
+
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_AmdaResultParserHelper)
+
+/**
+ * Helper used to interpret the data of an AMDA result file and generate the corresponding data
+ * series.
+ *
+ * It proposes methods allowing to read line by line an AMDA file and to extract the properties
+ * (from the header) and the values corresponding to the data series
+ *
+ * @sa DataSeries
+ */
+struct IAmdaResultParserHelper {
+    virtual ~IAmdaResultParserHelper() noexcept = default;
+
+    /// Verifies that the extracted properties are well formed and possibly applies other treatments
+    /// on them
+    /// @return true if the properties are well formed, false otherwise
+    virtual bool checkProperties() = 0;
+
+    /// Creates the data series from the properties and values extracted from the AMDA file.
+    /// @warning as the data are moved in the data series, the helper shouldn't be used after
+    /// calling this method
+    /// @return the data series created
+    virtual std::shared_ptr<IDataSeries> createSeries() = 0;
+
+    /// Reads a line from the AMDA file to extract a property that will be used to generate the data
+    /// series
+    /// @param line tahe line to interpret
+    virtual void readPropertyLine(const QString &line) = 0;
+
+    /// Reads a line from the AMDA file to extract a value that will be set in the data series
+    /// @param line the line to interpret
+    virtual void readResultLine(const QString &line) = 0;
+};
+
+#endif // SCIQLOP_AMDARESULTPARSERHELPER_H