001/* 002 * (C) Copyright 2006-2011 Nuxeo SA (http://nuxeo.com/) and others. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 * 016 * Contributors: 017 * Nuxeo - initial API and implementation 018 * 019 * $Id$ 020 */ 021 022package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.convert.extension; 023 024import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.convert.api.ConverterCheckResult; 025 026/** 027 * Interface that must be implemented by Converter that depend on an external service. 028 * <p> 029 * Compared to {@link Converter} interface, it adds support for checking converter availability. 030 * 031 * @author tiry 032 */ 033public interface ExternalConverter extends Converter { 034 035 /** 036 * Checks if the converter is available. 037 */ 038 ConverterCheckResult isConverterAvailable(); 039 040}