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package org.xwiki.rendering.transformation;
import org.xwiki.component.annotation.Role;
import org.xwiki.rendering.block.Block;
import org.xwiki.rendering.block.XDOM;
import org.xwiki.rendering.syntax.Syntax;
import org.xwiki.stability.Unstable;
/**
* Performs a transformation on a XDOM (i.e. a tree of {@link org.xwiki.rendering.block.Block}. This used for example
* for transforming Macro Blocks into other Blocks corresponding to the execution of the Macros. Another example of
* transformation would be looking for all words that have an entry on Wikipedia and adding links to them.
*
* @version $Id: dcc1c1225235b33eb896167b42d68f30f8db2b44 $
* @since 1.5M2
*/
@Role
public interface Transformation extends Comparable
{
/**
* The priority of execution relative to the other transformations. The lowest values have the highest priorities
* and execute first. For example a Transformation with a priority of 100 will execute before one with a priority of
* 500.
*
* @return the execution priority
*/
int getPriority();
/**
* Transform the passed XDOM and modifies it.
*
* @param dom the AST representing the content in Blocks
* @param syntax the Syntax of the content
* @throws TransformationException if the transformation fails for any reason
* @deprecated since 2.4M1 use {@link #transform(Block, TransformationContext)} instead
*/
@Deprecated
void transform(XDOM dom, Syntax syntax) throws TransformationException;
/**
* Transform the passed XDOM and modifies it.
*
* @param block the block to transform (can be an {@link XDOM})
* @param context the context of the transformation process (syntax, transformation id, etc)
* @throws TransformationException if the transformation fails for any reason
* @since 2.4M1
*/
void transform(Block block, TransformationContext context) throws TransformationException;
/**
* Prepare a block meant to be cached to be executed several times. The goal is to pre-execute everything that can
* fit in any context and generally store them in block attributes (which are not serialized).
*
* @param block the block to prepare (can be an {@link XDOM})
* @since 15.9RC1
*/
@Unstable
default void prepare(Block block)
{
// Do nothing by default
}
}