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package org.apache.batik.transcoder;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* This class defines an API for transcoding.
*
* @author Thierry Kormann
* @version $Id: Transcoder.java 1733416 2016-03-03 07:07:13Z gadams $
*/
public interface Transcoder {
/**
* Transcodes the specified input in the specified output.
* @param input the input to transcode
* @param output the ouput where to transcode
* @exception TranscoderException if an error occured while transcoding
*/
void transcode(TranscoderInput input, TranscoderOutput output)
throws TranscoderException;
/**
* Returns the transcoding hints of this transcoder.
*/
TranscodingHints getTranscodingHints();
/**
* Sets the value of a single preference for the transcoding process.
* @param key the key of the hint to be set
* @param value the value indicating preferences for the specified
* hint category.
*/
void addTranscodingHint(TranscodingHints.Key key, Object value);
/**
* Removes the value of a single preference for the transcoding process.
* @param key the key of the hint to remove
*/
void removeTranscodingHint(TranscodingHints.Key key);
/**
* Replaces the values of all preferences for the transcoding algorithms
* with the specified hints.
* @param hints the rendering hints to be set
*/
void setTranscodingHints(Map hints);
/**
* Sets the values of all preferences for the transcoding algorithms
* with the specified hints.
* @param hints the rendering hints to be set
*/
void setTranscodingHints(TranscodingHints hints);
/**
* Sets the error handler this transcoder may use to report
* warnings and errors.
* @param handler to ErrorHandler to use
*/
void setErrorHandler(ErrorHandler handler);
/**
* Returns the error handler this transcoder uses to report
* warnings and errors, or null if any.
*/
ErrorHandler getErrorHandler();
}