RegexExtractorInterceptorSerializer.java

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package org.apache.flume.interceptor;

import org.apache.flume.conf.Configurable;
import org.apache.flume.conf.ConfigurableComponent;

/**
 * Serializer for serializing groups matched by the
 * {@link RegexExtractorInterceptor}
 */
public interface RegexExtractorInterceptorSerializer extends Configurable,
    ConfigurableComponent {

  /**
   * @param value
   *          The value extracted by the {@link RegexExtractorInterceptor}
   * @return The serialized version of the specified value
   */
  String serialize(String value);

}