| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.cocoon.components.transcoder; |
| |
| import org.apache.batik.transcoder.Transcoder; |
| |
| /** |
| * Apache Batik Transcoder factory. |
| * When given a MIME type, find a Transcoder which supports that MIME type. |
| * @author <a href="mailto:rossb@apache.org">Ross Burton</a> |
| * @version CVS $Id: TranscoderFactory.java,v 1.2 2004/03/05 13:01:45 bdelacretaz Exp $ |
| */ |
| public interface TranscoderFactory { |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a transcoder for a specified MIME type. |
| * @param mimeType The MIME type of the destination format |
| * @return A suitable transcoder, or <code>null> if one cannot be found |
| */ |
| Transcoder createTranscoder(String mimeType) ; |
| } |
