001/*
002 * Copyright 2016-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
003 * All Rights Reserved.
004 */
005/*
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020/*
021 * Copyright (C) 2016-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
022 *
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035 */
036package com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.transformations;
037
038
039
040import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Entry;
041import com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFReaderEntryTranslator;
042import com.unboundid.ldif.LDIFWriterEntryTranslator;
043import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
044import com.unboundid.util.NotNull;
045import com.unboundid.util.Nullable;
046import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
047import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
048
049
050
051/**
052 * This class defines an API that may be used to apply some kind of
053 * transformation to an entry to alter its contents or suppress it from further
054 * processing.
055 */
056@Extensible()
057@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
058public interface EntryTransformation
059       extends LDIFReaderEntryTranslator, LDIFWriterEntryTranslator
060{
061  /**
062   * Applies an appropriate transformation to the provided entry.
063   *
064   * @param  entry  The entry to transform.
065   *
066   * @return  A copy of the entry with any appropriate transformation applied,
067   *          the original entry if no transformations were necessary, or
068   *          {@code null} if the entry should be suppressed.
069   */
070  @Nullable()
071  Entry transformEntry(@NotNull Entry entry);
072}