IGenerator.java

/**
 * Optimus, framework for Model Transformation
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2013 Worldline or third-party contributors as
 * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
 * statements applied by the authors.
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2.1 of the License.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 */
package net.atos.optimus.m2t.selector.core;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * Generator Interface
 * 
 * @author Maxence Vanbésien (mvaawl@gmail.com)
 * @since 1.0
 * 
 */
public interface IGenerator {

	/**
	 * Generates the input EObject, and stores result in output Object. If
	 * required by generator implementation, arguments can be provided
	 * 
	 * @param input
	 *            : EObject
	 * @param output
	 *            : Object
	 * @param arguments
	 *            : varargs
	 * @return Generation status
	 */
	public IStatus generate(EObject input, Object output, Object... arguments);

}