1/*
2 ********************************************************************************
3 * Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Google, International Business Machines Corporation *
4 * and others. All Rights Reserved.                                             *
5 ********************************************************************************
6 */
7package com.ibm.icu.text;
8
9/**
10 * Provide an interface for Transforms that focuses just on the transformation of the text.
11 * APIs that take Transliterator or StringTransform, but only depend on the transformation should use this interface in the API instead.
12 *
13 * @author markdavis
14 * @stable ICU 4.4
15
16 */
17
18public interface Transform<S,D> {
19    /**
20     * Transform the input in some way, to be determined by the subclass.
21     * @param source to be transformed (eg lowercased)
22     * @return result
23     * @stable ICU 4.4
24     */
25    public D transform(S source);
26}
27