AggregationOperation.java

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package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation;

import org.bson.Document;

/**
 * Represents one single operation in an aggregation pipeline.
 * 
 * @author Sebastian Herold
 * @author Thomas Darimont
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @author Christoph Strobl
 * @since 1.3
 */
public interface AggregationOperation {

	/**
	 * Turns the {@link AggregationOperation} into a {@link Document} by using the given
	 * {@link AggregationOperationContext}.
	 * 
	 * @return the Document
	 */
	Document toDocument(AggregationOperationContext context);
}