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1   /*
2    *   Copyright (C) Christian Schulte <cs@schulte.it>, 2014-005
3    *   All rights reserved.
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27   *
28   *   $JOMC: ModletProcessor.java 5043 2015-05-27 07:03:39Z schulte $
29   *
30   */
31  package org.jomc.modlet;
32  
33  /**
34   * {@code Modlet} processor interface.
35   *
36   * @author <a href="mailto:cs@schulte.it">Christian Schulte</a>
37   * @version $JOMC: ModletProcessor.java 5043 2015-05-27 07:03:39Z schulte $
38   * @see ModelContext#processModlets(org.jomc.modlet.Modlets)
39   * @since 1.6
40   */
41  public interface ModletProcessor
42  {
43  
44      /**
45       * Gets the ordinal number of the processor.
46       *
47       * @return The ordinal number of the processor.
48       */
49      int getOrdinal();
50  
51      /**
52       * Processes a given list of {@code Modlet}s with a context.
53       *
54       * @param context The context to process {@code Modlets} with.
55       * @param modlets The {@code Modlets} currently being processed.
56       *
57       * @return The processed {@code Modlets} or {@code null}.
58       *
59       * @throws NullPointerException if {@code context} or {@code modlets} is {@code null}.
60       * @throws ModelException if processing {@code Modlets} fails.
61       */
62      Modlets processModlets( ModelContext context, Modlets modlets ) throws NullPointerException, ModelException;
63  
64  }