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package org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.batik.transcoder.Transcoder;

/**
 * Interface for controlling some aspectes of the
 * <tt>SVGConverter</tt> operation.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:vhardy@apache.org">Vincent Hardy</a>
 * @version $Id: SVGConverterController.java 479559 2006-11-27 09:46:16Z dvholten $
 */
public interface SVGConverterController {
    /**
     * Invoked when the rasterizer has computed the
     * exact description of what it should do. The controller
     * should return true if the transcoding process should
     * proceed or false otherwise.
     *
     * @param transcoder Transcoder which will be used
     * @param hints set of hints that were set on the transcoder
     * @param sources list of SVG sources it will convert.
     * @param dest list of destination file it will use
     */
    boolean proceedWithComputedTask(Transcoder transcoder,
                                           Map hints,
                                           List sources,
                                           List dest);

    /**
     * Invoked when the rasterizer is about to start transcoding
     * of a given source.
     * The controller should return true if the source should be
     * transcoded and false otherwise.
     */
    boolean proceedWithSourceTranscoding(SVGConverterSource source,
                                                File dest);

    /**
     * Invoked when the rasterizer got an error while
     * transcoding the input source.
     * The controller should return true if the transcoding process
     * should continue on other sources and it should return false
     * if it should not.
     *
     * @param errorCode see the {@link SVGConverter} error code descriptions.
     */
    boolean proceedOnSourceTranscodingFailure(SVGConverterSource source,
                                                     File dest,
                                                     String errorCode);

    /**
     * Invoked when the rasterizer successfully transcoded
     * the input source.
     */
    void onSourceTranscodingSuccess(SVGConverterSource source,
                                           File dest);

}

