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package org.apache.hadoop.chukwa.datacollection.adaptor.jms;

import javax.jms.Message;
import javax.jms.JMSException;

/**
 * Class that knows how to transform a JMS Message to a byte array. The byte
 * array will become the bytes bound to the Chukwa chunk.
 */
public interface JMSMessageTransformer {

  /**
   * Parse any transformer-specific args to initialize the transformer. Return
   * a null if the arguments could not be parsed. This method will always be
   * invoked before transform is called only if transformer arguments were
   * passed. If they weren't, this method will never be called.
   *
   * @param args Arguments needed to configur the transformer.
   * @return adaptor id
   */
  public String parseArgs(String args);

  /**
   * Transform a Message to an array of bytes. Return null for a message that
   * should be ignored.
   *
   * @param message JMS message received by a JMS Adaptor.
   * @return the bytes that should be bound to the Chukwa chunk.
   * @throws JMSException if there is problem process message
   */
  public byte[] transform(Message message) throws JMSException;
}