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package org.glassfish.jersey.process.internal;

import org.glassfish.jersey.process.Inflector;

/**
 * Interface that is used to indicate that the instance provides an {@link Inflector}.
 * <p>
 * A typical use case is a terminal (leaf) request processing stage
 * node that transforms a request into a response.
 * </p>
 *
 * @param <DATA> data type transformable by the provided inflector.
 * @param <RESULT> type of a result produced by the provided inflector on success.
 *
 * @author Marek Potociar
 */
public interface Inflecting<DATA, RESULT> {

    /**
     * Get the inflector capable of transforming supplied data into a result.
     *
     * @return data to result transformation.
     */
    Inflector<DATA, RESULT> inflector();
}