/*
   Copyright 2013 Nationale-Nederlanden

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
package nl.nn.adapterframework.batch;

import java.util.List;

import nl.nn.adapterframework.configuration.ConfigurationException;
import nl.nn.adapterframework.core.INamedObject;
import nl.nn.adapterframework.core.IPipeLineSession;
import nl.nn.adapterframework.core.SenderException;
import nl.nn.adapterframework.parameters.ParameterResolutionContext;

/**
 * Interface for transforming a record (= structured ASCII line). 
 * 
 * @author John Dekker
 */
public interface IRecordHandler extends INamedObject {

	public void configure() throws ConfigurationException;
	public void open() throws SenderException;
	public void close() throws SenderException;

	/**
	 * Parse the line into an array of fields.
	 * 
	 * @return List with String values for each inputfield
	 * @throws Exception
	 */
	List parse(IPipeLineSession session, String record) throws Exception;

	/**
	 * Perform an action on the array of fields.
	 * 
	 * @return transformed result
	 * @throws Exception
	 */	
	Object handleRecord(IPipeLineSession session, List parsedRecord, ParameterResolutionContext prc) throws Exception;
	
	boolean isNewRecordType(IPipeLineSession session, boolean equalRecordTypes, List prevRecord, List curRecord) throws Exception;
	
	public String getRecordType(List record);
	
}