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package org.apache.ace.client.repository.helper;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType;

/**
 * An ArtifactPreprocessor processes an artifact before it is deployed.
 */
@ConsumerType
public interface ArtifactPreprocessor {
    /**
     * Preprocesses a single artifact, uploads it to the obr, and returns the new URL as a string.
     *
     * @param url A string representing a URL to the original artifact.
     * @param props A PropertyResolver which can be used to fill in 'holes' in the template.
     * @param targetID The targetID of the target for which this artifact is being processed.
     * @param version The deployment version for which this artifact is being processed.
     * @param obrBase A base OBR to upload the new artifact to.
     * @return A URL to the new object (or the old one, if no replacing was necessary), as a string.
     * @throws java.io.IOException Thrown if reading the original artifact goes wrong, or storing the processed one.
     */
    public String preprocess(String url, PropertyResolver props, String targetID, String version, URL obrBase) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Indicates whether the template should be processed again, given the properties, and the version to which it
     * should be compared.
     * 
     * @param url A string representing a URL to the original artifact.
     * @param props A PropertyResolver which can be used to fill in 'holes' in the template.
     * @param targetID The targetID of the target for which this artifact is being processed.
     * @param version The deployment version for which this artifact is being processed.
     * @param fromVersion The deployment version to which the current one should be compared.
     * @return <code>false</code> if the version of the processed artifact identified by <code>fromVersion</code>
     *         is identical to what would be created using the new <code>props</code>; <code>true</code> otherwise.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     */
    public boolean needsNewVersion(String url, PropertyResolver props, String targetID, String fromVersion);
}