001    /*
002     * Copyright 2008-2015 UnboundID Corp.
003     * All Rights Reserved.
004     */
005    /*
006     * Copyright (C) 2008-2015 UnboundID Corp.
007     *
008     * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
009     * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPLv2 only)
010     * or the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPLv2.1 only)
011     * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
012     *
013     * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
014     * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
015     * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
016     * GNU General Public License for more details.
017     *
018     * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
019     * along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
020     */
021    package com.unboundid.ldif;
022    
023    
024    
025    import com.unboundid.ldap.sdk.Entry;
026    import com.unboundid.util.Extensible;
027    import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafety;
028    import com.unboundid.util.ThreadSafetyLevel;
029    
030    
031    
032    /**
033     * This interface is used by the LDIFReader to translate entries read from the
034     * input or filter them out before they are returned via readEntry().
035     */
036    @Extensible()
037    @ThreadSafety(level=ThreadSafetyLevel.INTERFACE_THREADSAFE)
038    public interface LDIFReaderEntryTranslator
039    {
040      /**
041       * Applies some special transformation or filtering to the original Entry.
042       *
043       * @param original        The original Entry that was read and parsed from the
044       *                        input file.
045       * @param firstLineNumber The first line number of the LDIF record
046       *                        corresponding to the read Entry.  This is most
047       *                        useful when throwing an LDIFException.
048       *
049       * @return The Entry that should be returned in the call to readEntry. This
050       *         can be the original parameter Entry, a newly constructed Entry, or
051       *         {@code null} to signal that this Entry should be skipped.
052       *
053       * @throws LDIFException If there is an exception during processing.  This
054       *                       Exception will be re-thrown to the caller of
055       *                       readEntry.
056       */
057      Entry translate(Entry original, long firstLineNumber)
058           throws LDIFException;
059    }