1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) Christian Schulte, 2005-206
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27 *
28 * $JOMC: ModelProcessor.java 4613 2012-09-22 10:07:08Z schulte $
29 *
30 */
31 package org.jomc.modlet;
32
33 /**
34 * {@code Model} processor interface.
35 *
36 * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
37 * @version $JOMC: ModelProcessor.java 4613 2012-09-22 10:07:08Z schulte $
38 * @see ModelContext#processModel(org.jomc.modlet.Model)
39 */
40 public interface ModelProcessor
41 {
42
43 /**
44 * Processes a {@code Model}.
45 *
46 * @param context The context to use for processing {@code model}.
47 * @param model The {@code Model} to process.
48 *
49 * @return The processed model.
50 *
51 * @throws NullPointerException if {@code context} or {@code model} is {@code null}.
52 * @throws ModelException if processing fails.
53 */
54 Model processModel( ModelContext context, Model model ) throws NullPointerException, ModelException;
55
56 }