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1   package org.codehaus.plexus.interpolation;
2   
3   /*
4    * Copyright 2001-2008 Codehaus Foundation.
5    *
6    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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17   */
18  
19  /**
20   * Used to allow full recursion of value interpolation before applying some rule
21   * to the result.
22   */
23  public interface InterpolationPostProcessor {
24  
25      /**
26       * Given the starting expression and the fully-recursively-interpolated value,
27       * perform some post-processing step and return the resulting [possibly different]
28       * value, or null if no change was made..
29       *
30       * @param expression the original expression
31       * @param value the original value after fully recursive interpolation of expression
32       * @return the processed value if a change was made; else return null
33       */
34      Object execute(String expression, Object value);
35  }