maven-resolver-api/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/transform/FileTransformer.java

package org.eclipse.aether.transform;

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import org.eclipse.aether.artifact.Artifact;

/**
 * Can transform a file while installing/deploying
 * 
 * @author Robert Scholte
 * @since 1.3.0
 */
public interface FileTransformer
{
    /**
     * Transform the target location  
     * 
     * @param artifact the original artifact
     * @return the transformed artifact
     */
    Artifact transformArtifact( Artifact artifact );
    
    /**
     * Transform the data
     * 
     * @param file the file with the original data
     * @return the transformed data
     * @throws IOException If an I/O error occurred
     * @throws TransformException If the file could not be transformed
     */
    InputStream transformData( File file )
        throws IOException, TransformException;
}