PostQueryPlugin.java

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package ddf.catalog.plugin;

import ddf.catalog.operation.QueryResponse;

/**
 * A PostQueryPlugin is used to execute functionality after a query has been executed. For example
 * if query results needed to be filtered, a PostQueryPlugin could be implemented and executed after
 * a query to do filtering.
 */
public interface PostQueryPlugin {
    /**
     * Processes a {@link QueryResponse} after the execution of the {@link ddf.catalog.operation.Query}.
     *
     * @param input
     *            the {@link QueryResponse} to process
     * @return the value of the processed {@link QueryResponse} to pass to the next
     *         {@link PostQueryPlugin}, or if this is the last {@link PostQueryPlugin} to be called
     * @throws PluginExecutionException
     *             thrown when an error occurs while processing the {@link QueryResponse}
     * @throws StopProcessingException
     *             thrown to halt processing when a critical issue occurs during processing. This is
     *             intended to prevent other plugins from processing as well.
     */
    public QueryResponse process(QueryResponse input)
            throws PluginExecutionException, StopProcessingException;

}