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package org.apache.oodt.opendapps.extractors;
//OODT imports
import org.apache.oodt.cas.metadata.Metadata;
import org.apache.oodt.opendapps.config.OpendapConfig;
/**
* Interface for extracting metadata from a generic web accessible resource into
* a CAS metadata container. Each implementation class must be responsible for
* instantiating and accessing the specific metadata source as appropriate.
*
* @author Luca Cinquini
*
*/
public interface MetadataExtractor {
/**
* Method to (further) populate the metadata container.
* Any extracted metadata is added to the current metadata content.
*
* @param metadata
* @param config
*/
void extract(Metadata metadata, OpendapConfig config);
}