1 /* Transformer
2 *
3 * $Id: Transformer.java 4671 2006-09-26 23:47:15Z paul_jack $
4 *
5 * Created on September 26, 2006
6 *
7 * Copyright (C) 2006 Internet Archive.
8 *
9 * This file is part of the Heritrix web crawler (crawler.archive.org).
10 *
11 * Heritrix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
12 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
13 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
14 * any later version.
15 *
16 * Heritrix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
17 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
18 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
19 * GNU Lesser Public License for more details.
20 *
21 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser Public License
22 * along with Heritrix; if not, write to the Free Software
23 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
24 */
25 package org.archive.crawler.util;
26
27
28 /***
29 * Transforms objects from one thing into another.
30 *
31 * @author pjack
32 *
33 * @param <Original> the type of the original objects
34 * @param <Transformed> the type of the transformed objects
35 */
36 public interface Transformer<Original,Transformed> {
37
38 /***
39 * Transforms the given object.
40 *
41 * @param o the object to transform
42 * @return the transformed object
43 */
44 Transformed transform(Original o);
45
46 }