    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  }