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package org.osgl.inject;

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import org.osgl.$;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Implementation shall provide the logic that can
 * transform a bean instance (no type change).
 *
 * @param  the generic type of element
 */
public interface BeanTransformer {

    /**
     * Create a filter function with the hint and options specified. This could
     * be used to produce composite Bean loader based on other bean loaders.
     *
     * @param options
     *      the optional parameters specified to refine the filtering logic
     * @param bean
     *      the bean spec of the bean to be injected
     * @return
     *      a function that transform the bean instance
     *      (e.g. convert a string to uppercase etc)
     */
    $.Function filter(Map options, BeanSpec bean);

}