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17
18 package org.apache.any23.plugin;
19
20 import org.apache.any23.extractor.Extractor;
21 import org.apache.any23.extractor.ExtractorFactory;
22
23 /**
24 * This interface defines an {@link org.apache.any23.cli.Any23}
25 * extractor plugin that can be detected and registered from the library classpath.
26 *
27 * @author Michele Mostarda (mostarda@fbk.eu)
28 */
29 public interface ExtractorPlugin<T extends Extractor<?>> {
30
31 /**
32 * @return the {@link org.apache.any23.extractor.ExtractorFactory} for the plugin.
33 */
34 ExtractorFactory<T> getExtractorFactory();
35
36 }