/* 
 * 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,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with Alfresco. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
 */

package org.alfresco.repo.virtual.ref;

public interface Parameter
{
    /**
     * Converts the value attribute into a string representation according to
     * {@link Encodings} definition, using provided {@link Stringifier}
     * parameter.
     * 
     * @param stringifier
     * @return the string representation of this parameter as provided by the
     *         given {@link Stringifier}
     * @throws ReferenceEncodingException
     */
    String stringify(Stringifier stringifier) throws ReferenceEncodingException;
}