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 * Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Alfresco Software Limited.
 *
 * This file is part of Alfresco
 *
 * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */

package org.alfresco.repo.virtual.ref;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * A {@link Reference} abstract tree visitor designed to produce custom string
 * representations.
 * 
 * @author Bogdan Horje
 */
public interface Stringifier extends Serializable
{
    String stringify(Reference reference) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringify(Resource resource) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyResource(Resource resource) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyResource(RepositoryResource resource) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyResource(ClasspathResource resource) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringify(RepositoryLocation repositoryLocation) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyRepositoryLocation(RepositoryLocation repositoryLocation) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyRepositoryLocation(RepositoryNodeRef repositoryNodeRef) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyRepositoryLocation(RepositoryPath repositoryPath) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringify(List<Parameter> parameters) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringify(Parameter parameter) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyParameter(Parameter parameter) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyParameter(ResourceParameter resourceParameter) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyParameter(StringParameter stringParameter) throws ReferenceEncodingException;

    String stringifyParameter(ReferenceParameter referenceParameter) throws ReferenceEncodingException;
}