/*
* This file is part of the GeoLatte project.
*
* GeoLatte 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 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* GeoLatte is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* 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 GeoLatte. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Copyright (C) 2010 - 2010 and Ownership of code is shared by:
* Qmino bvba - Romeinsestraat 18 - 3001 Heverlee (http://www.qmino.com)
* Geovise bvba - Generaal Eisenhowerlei 9 - 2140 Antwerpen (http://www.geovise.com)
*/
package org.geolatte.common.transformer;
/**
* Represents a consumer of transformer data.
* @param <T> The type of the consumed data.
*
* <p>
* <i>Creation-Date</i>: 19-Mar-2010<br>
* <i>Creation-Time</i>: 14:12:10<br>
* </p>
*
* @author Bert Vanhooff
* @author <a href="http://www.qmino.com">Qmino bvba</a>
* @since SDK1.5
*/
public abstract class TransformerSink<T> {
/**
* Sets the data input source for this sink.
*
* * This method should never be called directly by clients when the TransformerSink is intended to be used in a transformer chain.
*
* @param input The data source.
*/
protected abstract void setInput(Iterable<? extends T> input);
/**
* Starts iterating over its input.
*
* This method should never be called directly by clients when the TransformerSink is intended to be used in a transformer chain.
*/
protected abstract void start();
}