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package org.easybatch.core.api;

/**
 * An interface for record processor.
 * A record processor performs some business logic on an input object and produces an output object.
 *
 * @param <I> The input domain object type.
 * @param <O> The output domain object type.
 *
 * @author Mahmoud Ben Hassine (mahmoud@benhassine.fr)
 */
public interface RecordProcessor<I, O> {

    /**
     * Process a record.
     * @param record the record to process.
     * @throws Exception thrown if an exception occurs during record processing
     */
    O processRecord(I record) throws Exception;

}

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