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package org.apache.sling.rewriter;

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


/**
 * Configuration of a processing component.
 */
public interface ProcessingComponentConfiguration {

    /** Configuration for an optional component, only transformers support this option. */
    String CONFIGURATION_COMPONENT_OPTIONAL = "component-optional";

    /**
     * The name/type of the component.
     * @return A unique name for this component.
     */
    String getType();

    /**
     * Return the configuration for this component.
     * @return The configuration for this component or an empty map if there is none.
     */
    ValueMap getConfiguration();
}