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package net.time4j.engine;
/**
* Normalizes a time span.
*
* @param generic type of time unit compatible to {@link ChronoUnit}
* @author Meno Hochschild
*/
/*[deutsch]
* Normalisiert eine Zeitspanne.
*
* @param generic type of time unit compatible to {@link ChronoUnit}
* @author Meno Hochschild
*/
public interface Normalizer {
//~ Methoden ----------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Normalizes given time span such that the amounts of associated
* time units are converted in a specific way.
*
* @param timespan time span to be normalized
* @return normalized copy of argument which itself remains unaffected
* @see net.time4j.Duration#with(Normalizer)
*/
/*[deutsch]
* Normalisiert die angegebene Zeitspanne so, daß die Beträge
* der enthaltenen Zeiteinheiten ineinander nach einem spezifischen
* Verfahren umgerechnet werden.
*
* @param timespan time span to be normalized
* @return normalized copy of argument which itself remains unaffected
* @see net.time4j.Duration#with(Normalizer)
*/
TimeSpan normalize(TimeSpan extends U> timespan);
}
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