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/*
* Copyright 2008-2017 UnboundID Corp.
* All Rights Reserved.
*/
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* Copyright (C) 2008-2017 UnboundID Corp.
*
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
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*/
package com.unboundid.ldif;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Entry;
import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
/**
* This interface is used by the LDIFReader to translate entries read from the
* input or filter them out before they are returned via
* {@link LDIFReader#readEntry}.
*/
@Extensible()
@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public interface LDIFReaderEntryTranslator
{
/**
* Applies some special transformation or filtering to the original Entry.
*
* @param original The original Entry that was read and parsed from
* the input file.
* @param firstLineNumber The first line number of the LDIF record
* corresponding to the read Entry. This is most
* useful when throwing an LDIFException.
*
* @return The Entry that should be returned in the call to
* {@link LDIFReader#readEntry}. This can be the original parameter
* Entry, a newly constructed Entry, or {@code null} to signal that
* the provided Entry should be skipped.
*
* @throws LDIFException If there is an exception during processing. This
* exception will be re-thrown to the caller of
* readEntry.
*/
Entry translate(Entry original, long firstLineNumber)
throws LDIFException;
}