Transformer.java

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 * Copyright 2008 - 2009 Pro-Netics S.P.A.
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package it.pronetics.madstore.crawler.transformer;

import it.pronetics.madstore.crawler.model.Page;

/**
 * Transformer interface for transforming {@link it.pronetics.madstore.crawler.model.Page} data.
 * 
 * @author Salvatore Incandela
 * @author Sergio Bossa
 */
public interface Transformer {

    /**
     * Transforms {@link it.pronetics.madstore.crawler.model.Page} data into a byte array containing the transformation result.
     * 
     * @param data The page to transform.
     * @return The byte array, as resulted from the transformation.
     */
    public byte[] transform(Page data);
}