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package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

An abstraction for transforming the content of a resource.
Author:
Jeremy Grelle, Rossen Stoyanchev
Since:
4.1/**
 * An abstraction for transforming the content of a resource.
 *
 * @author Jeremy Grelle
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 4.1
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface ResourceTransformer {

	
Transform the given resource.
Params:
request – the current request
resource – the resource to transform
transformerChain – the chain of remaining transformers to delegate to
Throws:
IOException – if the transformation fails
Returns:
the transformed resource (never null)/**
	 * Transform the given resource.
	 * @param request the current request
	 * @param resource the resource to transform
	 * @param transformerChain the chain of remaining transformers to delegate to
	 * @return the transformed resource (never {@code null})
	 * @throws IOException if the transformation fails
	 */
	Resource transform(HttpServletRequest request, Resource resource, ResourceTransformerChain transformerChain)
			throws IOException;

}