From e84b68e4e7e96d402943512a32109c0edc35beec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?David=20=E2=80=98Bombe=E2=80=99=20Roden?=
 <bombe@pterodactylus.net>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:37:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Defines output that will be processed by actions.

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 .../net/pterodactylus/reactor/output/Output.java   | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/reactor/output/Output.java

diff --git a/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/reactor/output/Output.java b/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/reactor/output/Output.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3e26c7
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+++ b/src/main/java/net/pterodactylus/reactor/output/Output.java
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+/*
+ * Reactor - Output.java - Copyright © 2013 David Roden
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package net.pterodactylus.reactor.output;
+
+import net.pterodactylus.reactor.Trigger;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the output of a {@link Trigger}. As different output has to be
+ * generated for different media, the {@link #text(String, int)} method takes as
+ * an argument the MIME type of the desired output.
+ *
+ * @author <a href="mailto:bombe@pterodactylus.net">David ‘Bombe’ Roden</a>
+ */
+public interface Output {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a short summary that can be included e. g. in the subject of an
+	 * email.
+	 *
+	 * @return A short summary of the output
+	 */
+	String summary();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the text for the given MIME type and the given maximum length.
+	 * Note that the maximum length does not need to be enforced at all costs;
+	 * implementation are free to return texts longer than the given number of
+	 * characters.
+	 *
+	 * @param mimeType
+	 *            The MIME type of the text (“text/plain” and “text/html” should
+	 *            be supported by all {@link Trigger}s)
+	 * @param maxLength
+	 *            The maximum length of the returned text (may be &lt; {@code 0}
+	 *            to indicate no length restriction)
+	 * @return The text for the given MIME type, or {@code null} if there is no
+	 *         text defined for the given MIME type
+	 */
+	String text(String mimeType, int maxLength);
+
+}
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