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/*
 * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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package ratpack.func;

/**
 * An object that transforms an object into another.
 *
 * @param  the type of the input object
 * @param  the type of the output (transformed) object
 */
public interface Transformer {

  /**
   * Transforms the given object into a different object.
   *
   * @param from the object to transform
   * @return the transformed object
   * @throws Exception if the object cannot be transformed
   */
  T transform(F from) throws Exception;

}