/*
* Copyright (c) 2012. The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK
* MISO project contacts: Robert Davey, Mario Caccamo @ TGAC
* *********************************************************************
*
* This file is part of MISO.
*
* MISO is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* MISO 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 General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with MISO. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* *********************************************************************
*/
package uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.service.integration.mechanism;
import uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.exception.InterrogationException;
/**
* An interface to define how an integration strategy can consume an incoming parameter and produce an output
*
* @author Rob Davey
* @date 03/02/12
* @since 0.1.5
*/
public interface ConsumerMechanism<R, O> {
/**
* Consume a result R into an output O
*
* @param result of type R
* @return output of type O
* @throws uk.ac.bbsrc.tgac.miso.core.exception.InterrogationException when the incoming parameter cannot be
* consumed
*/
O consume(R result) throws InterrogationException;
}