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+package com.modulus.dataread.expressions;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Classes that implement this interface are used
+ * to format string before they become a part of
+ * a statement.
+ * 
+ * These classes are the classes responsible for making
+ * sure the headers are formatted in such a way that they might
+ * be easy to parse.
+ * 
+ * @author jrahm
+ */
+public interface StatementFormatter extends Serializable{
+	/**
+	 * Given the String <code>header</code> as a header of a statement,
+	 * format it so it can easily be parsed by custom parsing
+	 * techniques.
+	 * 
+	 * @param header the header to parse
+	 * @return a formatted version of the header.
+	 */
+	String formatHeader(String header);
+}