/*! ****************************************************************************** * * Pentaho Data Integration * * Copyright (C) 2002-2016 by Pentaho : http://www.pentaho.com * ******************************************************************************* * * 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 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. * ******************************************************************************/ package org.pentaho.di.trans.steps.loadsave.initializer; public interface InitializerInterface<T> { /** * Perform in-place modifications to the stepMeta before * FieldLoadSaveValidator classes are called on the stepMeta * * @deprecated The stepMeta class should be updated so that * developers can instantiate the stepMeta, and immediately * call setter methods. Commonly, this is used for steps * that define an allocate method, which pre-populate * empty arrays * * @param stepMeta The stepMeta class */ @Deprecated public void modify( T object ); }