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package org.apache.sling.cms.transformer;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource;

/**
 * Transforms a resource using the registered TransformationHandlers to invoke
 * transformations on the file.
 */
public interface Transformer {

    /**
     * Transforms the resource
     * 
     * @param resource       the resource to transform
     * @param transformation the transformation to execute
     * @param format         the format of the stream to return
     * @param out            the OutputStream to which to write the transformed file
     * @throws IOException an exception occurs transforming the resource
     */
    void transform(Resource resource, Transformation transformation, OutputFileFormat format, OutputStream out)
            throws IOException;

}