Joshua Jimenez f903d7e9a9 #496 Pipeline pattern (#967)
* #496 Add pipeline module to parent pom 

* #496: Add main application class and test for pipeline

* #496: Checkstyle format and add log messages on pipeline stages 🎨

* #496: Fill readme sections of pipeline 

* #496: Javadocs and checkstyle formatting 🎨

* #496: Follow PMD checks and add more explanation as block comment on App.java

* #496: Apply requested PR changes by iluwatar 🎨
2019-10-08 09:19:28 +03:00

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/**
* The MIT License
* Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.pipeline;
/**
* Forms a contract to all stage handlers to accept a certain type of input and return a processed output.
* @param <I> the input type of the handler
* @param <O> the processed output type of the handler
*/
interface Handler<I, O> {
O process(I input);
}