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package com.itextpdf.tool.xml;

/**
 * @author redlab_b
 * @param  the type of CustomContext
 *
 */
public interface Pipeline {

	/**
	 * The init method allows implementation to initialize the pipeline. e.g.
	 * Initialize their CustomContext here and add it to the WorkerContext
	 * through {@link WorkerContext#put(String, CustomContext)}.
	 *
	 * @param context the WorkerContext
	 * @return the next pipeline in line
	 * @throws PipelineException can be thrown to indicate that something went wrong.
	 */
	Pipeline init(final WorkerContext context) throws PipelineException;
	/**
	 * Called when an opening tag has been encountered.
	 * @param context the WorkerContext
	 * @param t the Tag
	 * @param po a processObject to put {@link Writable}s in
	 * @return the next pipeline in line
	 * @throws PipelineException can be thrown to indicate that something went wrong.
	 */
	Pipeline open(WorkerContext context, Tag t, ProcessObject po) throws PipelineException;

	/**
	 * Called when content has been encountered.
	 * @param context the WorkerContext
	 * @param t the Tag
	 * @param content the content
	 * @param po a processObject to put {@link Writable}s in
	 * @return the next pipeline in line
	 * @throws PipelineException can be thrown to indicate that something went wrong.
	 */
	Pipeline content(WorkerContext context, Tag t, String content, ProcessObject po) throws PipelineException;

	/**
	 * Called when a closing tag has been encountered.
	 * @param context the WorkerContext
	 * @param t the Tag
	 * @param po a processObject to put {@link Writable}s in
	 * @return the next pipeline in line
	 * @throws PipelineException  can be thrown to indicate that something went wrong.
	 */
	Pipeline close(WorkerContext context, Tag t, ProcessObject po) throws PipelineException;

	/**
	 * Returns the next pipeline in line.
	 * @return the next pipeline
	 */
	Pipeline getNext();

}