NamedValueSource.java

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 * Copyright 2016 Christoph Böhme
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package org.culturegraph.mf.metamorph.api;

/**
 * Base interface for all classes in Metamorph which emit name-value-pairs.
 *
 * @author Markus Michael Geipel
 * @author Christoph Böhme
 *
 */
public interface NamedValueSource extends KnowsSourceLocation {

	/**
	 * Connects a source of named values to a receiver of named values.
	 *
	 * Users should not call this method to connect sources and
	 * receivers but rather call
	 * {@link NamedValueReceiver#addNamedValueSource}.
	 *
	 * @param receiver receiver of the named-values from this source.
	 */
	void setNamedValueReceiver(NamedValueReceiver receiver);

}