
/*
 * de.unkrig.commons - A general-purpose Java class library
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2011, Arno Unkrig
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package de.unkrig.commons.file.contentstransformation;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * An entity that transforms contents, i.e. it reads bytes from an {@link InputStream} and writes bytes to an
 * {@link OutputStream}.
 */
public
interface ContentsTransformer {

    /**
     * Reads bytes from <var>is</var> (typically until end-of-input) and writes bytes to <var>os</var>. Closes neither
     * of the two streams.
     *
     * @param path Designates the contents that is transformed
     */
    void
    transform(String path, InputStream is, OutputStream os) throws IOException;
}
