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package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.transformations;
import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Entry;
import com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFReaderEntryTranslator;
import com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFWriterEntryTranslator;
import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
import com.unboundid.util.NotNull;
import com.unboundid.util.Nullable;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
/**
* This class defines an API that may be used to apply some kind of
* transformation to an entry to alter its contents or suppress it from further
* processing.
*/
@Extensible()
@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
public interface EntryTransformation
extends LDIFReaderEntryTranslator, LDIFWriterEntryTranslator
{
/**
* Applies an appropriate transformation to the provided entry.
*
* @param entry The entry to transform.
*
* @return A copy of the entry with any appropriate transformation applied,
* the original entry if no transformations were necessary, or
* {@code null} if the entry should be suppressed.
*/
@Nullable()
Entry transformEntry(@NotNull Entry entry);
}