package schema

// OutputParser is an interface for parsing the output of an LLM call.
type OutputParser[T any] interface {
	// Parse parses the output of an LLM call.
	Parse(text string) (T, error)
	// ParseWithPrompt parses the output of an LLM call with the prompt used.
	ParseWithPrompt(text string, prompt PromptValue) (T, error)
	// GetFormatInstructions returns a string describing the format of the output.
	GetFormatInstructions() string
	// Type returns the string type key uniquely identifying this class of parser
	Type() string
}