001/**
002 *   GRANITE DATA SERVICES
003 *   Copyright (C) 2006-2013 GRANITE DATA SERVICES S.A.S.
004 *
005 *   This file is part of the Granite Data Services Platform.
006 *
007 *   Granite Data Services is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 *   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 *   Granite Data Services is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
015 *   General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
018 *   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
019 *   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
020 *   USA, or see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
021 */
022package org.granite.tide.data;
023
024import java.util.List;
025
026import org.granite.tide.data.DataContext.EntityUpdate;
027
028
029/**
030 *  Interface for data update postprocessors.
031 *  Allows processing of updated entities before the updates are dispatched or returned to the clients.
032 *  Can be attached to the <code>DataContext</code> or lookup up by injection when using a DI framework.
033 * 
034 *  @see DataContext
035 * 
036 *  @author William Drai
037 */
038public interface DataUpdatePostprocessor {
039        
040        public List<EntityUpdate> process(List<EntityUpdate> updates);
041}