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+package mining;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+/**
+ * Performs an API request.
+ *
+ * @author Peter Wu
+ */
+public interface Requester {
+
+    /**
+     * Performs an API request for a resource, for example
+     * "statuses/mentions_timeline" (note that there is no version or leading
+     * slash).
+     *
+     * @param resource The REST resource.
+     * @return A JSON object resulting from the request.
+     * @throws java.io.IOException on error fetching the resource.
+     */
+    public JSONObject getJSON(String resource) throws IOException;
+}