/* * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation * * 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 ext.test4j.apache.commons.collections; /** * An object capable of transforming an input object into some output object. * * @since 1.0 * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a> */ public interface Transformer { /** * Transforms the input object (leaving it unchanged) into some output * object. * * @return the transformation of the input object to the output object */ public Object transform(Object input); }