001/*
002 * Copyright 2008-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
003 * All Rights Reserved.
004 */
005/*
006 * Copyright 2008-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
007 *
008 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
009 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
010 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
011 *
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013 *
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019 */
020/*
021 * Copyright (C) 2008-2024 Ping Identity Corporation
022 *
023 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
024 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only)
025 * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only)
026 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
027 *
028 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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030 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
031 * GNU General Public License for more details.
032 *
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034 * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
035 */
036package com.unboundid.ldif;
037
038
039
040import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Entry;
041import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
042import com.unboundid.util.NotNull;
043import com.unboundid.util.Nullable;
044import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
045import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
046
047
048
049/**
050 * This interface is used by the LDIFWriter to translate or exclude entries
051 * before they are written.
052 */
053@Extensible()
054@ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
055public interface LDIFWriterEntryTranslator
056{
057  /**
058   * Applies some special transformation or filtering to the original Entry.
059   *
060   * @param original  The original Entry that was to be written.
061   *
062   * @return  The Entry that should be written.  This can be the original
063   *          parameter Entry, a newly-constructed Entry, or {@code null} to
064   *          signal that this Entry should not be written.  Note, however, that
065   *          if the original entry provided as a parameter is altered, then
066   *          the change will be visible to anything that references that entry.
067   *          If you are not sure about whether changes to the original entry
068   *          are acceptable, it is recommended that you use the
069   *          {@code duplicate()} method to create a copy of the original and
070   *          make the necessary changes to that duplicate.
071   */
072  @Nullable()
073  Entry translateEntryToWrite(@NotNull Entry original);
074}