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*
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*/
package org.dspace.app.mediafilter;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.dspace.content.Bitstream;
import org.dspace.content.Item;
import org.dspace.core.Context;
/**
* Public interface for any class which transforms or converts content/bitstreams
* from one format to another. This interface should be implemented by any class
* which defines a "filter" to be run by the MediaFilterManager.
*/
public interface FormatFilter
{
/**
* Get a filename for a newly created filtered bitstream
*
* @param sourceName
* name of source bitstream
* @return filename generated by the filter - for example, document.pdf
* becomes document.pdf.txt
*/
public String getFilteredName(String sourceName);
/**
* @return name of the bundle this filter will stick its generated
* Bitstreams
*/
public String getBundleName();
/**
* @return name of the bitstream format (say "HTML" or "Microsoft Word")
* returned by this filter look in the bitstream format registry or
* mediafilter.cfg for valid format strings.
*/
public String getFormatString();
/**
* @return string to describe the newly-generated Bitstream's - how it was
* produced is a good idea
*/
public String getDescription();
/**
* @param source
* input stream
*
* @return result of filter's transformation, written out to a bitstream
*/
public InputStream getDestinationStream(InputStream source)
throws Exception;
/**
* Perform any pre-processing of the source bitstream *before* the actual
* filtering takes place in MediaFilterManager.processBitstream().
* <p>
* Return true if pre-processing is successful (or no pre-processing
* is necessary). Return false if bitstream should be skipped
* for any reason.
*
*
* @param c
* context
* @param item
* item containing bitstream to process
* @param source
* source bitstream to be processed
*
* @return true if bitstream processing should continue,
* false if this bitstream should be skipped
*/
public boolean preProcessBitstream(Context c, Item item, Bitstream source)
throws Exception;
/**
* Perform any post-processing of the generated bitstream *after* this
* filter has already been run.
* <p>
* Return true if pre-processing is successful (or no pre-processing
* is necessary). Return false if bitstream should be skipped
* for some reason.
*
*
* @param c
* context
* @param item
* item containing bitstream to process
* @param generatedBitstream
* the bitstream which was generated by
* this filter.
*/
public void postProcessBitstream(Context c, Item item, Bitstream generatedBitstream)
throws Exception;
}