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package uk.ac.starlink.table;
/**
* Hook for adding behaviour to StarTableFactory table loading.
*
* @author Mark Taylor
* @since 28 Sep 2017
* @see StarTableFactory
*/
public interface TablePreparation {
/**
* Performs arbitrary operations on a given table that has been
* loaded by a given input handler.
*
* @param table table that has just been loaded
* @param builder the input handler that loaded it if known,
* otherwise null
* @return the table that will be returned from table creation methods;
* may or may not be equal to the input table
*/
StarTable prepareLoadedTable( StarTable table, TableBuilder builder );
}