001/*
002 * IzPack - Copyright 2001-2005 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved.
003 * 
004 * http://www.izforge.com/izpack/
005 * http://developer.berlios.de/projects/izpack/
006 * 
007 * Copyright 2002 Elmar Grom
008 * 
009 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
010 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
011 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
012 * 
013 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
014 *     
015 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
016 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
017 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
018 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
019 * limitations under the License.
020 */
021
022package com.izforge.izpack.panels;
023
024/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
025/**
026 * Interface for classes that provide input field processing services.
027 * 
028 * @see com.izforge.izpack.panels.ProcessingClient
029 * 
030 * @version 0.0.1 / 10/26/02
031 * @author Elmar Grom
032 */
033/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
034public interface Processor
035{
036
037    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
038    /**
039     * Processes the contend of an input field.
040     * 
041     * @param client the client object using the services of this processor.
042     * 
043     * @return The result of the encryption.
044     */
045    /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
046    public String process(ProcessingClient client);
047}
048/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/