/*
* Copyright (c) 2016 wetransform GmbH
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
* available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
* or (at your option) any later version.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
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*
* Contributors:
* wetransform GmbH <http://www.wetransform.to>
*/
package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.align.migrate;
import java.util.Optional;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.align.model.EntityDefinition;
/**
* Interface describing an alignment migration.
*
* @author Simon Templer
*/
public interface AlignmentMigration {
/**
* Yields a replacement for an entity existing in a given alignment.
*
* @param entity the entity to replace
* @return the replacement entity, if the entity should be replaced
*/
Optional<EntityDefinition> entityReplacement(EntityDefinition entity);
}