1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004 Diogo Quintela (dquintela@users.sourceforge.net)
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package net.sf.whatsnew.filter;
17
18 import net.sf.whatsnew.exceptions.AppException;
19
20
21 /***
22 * <p>
23 * Text filter Interface
24 * </p>
25 *
26 * @author <a href="mailto:dquintela@users.sourceforge.net">Diogo Quintela</a>
27 * @version $Id: Filter.java,v 1.1 2004/05/13 01:22:33 dquintela Exp $
28 */
29 public interface Filter {
30 /***
31 * Process an array of Strings
32 *
33 * @param input The array to process
34 *
35 * @return The filtered output
36 *
37 * @throws AppException in case of error
38 */
39 public String[] filter(String[] input)
40 throws AppException;
41 }
42 // EOF