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003 *
004 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
005 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
006 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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008 *
009 * Contributors:
010 *     Nuxeo - initial API and implementation
011 *
012 * $Id$
013 */
014
015package org.nuxeo.ecm.core.convert.extension;
016
017import org.nuxeo.ecm.core.convert.api.ConverterCheckResult;
018
019/**
020 * Interface that must be implemented by Converter that depend on an external service.
021 * <p>
022 * Compared to {@link Converter} interface, it adds support for checking converter availability.
023 *
024 * @author tiry
025 */
026public interface ExternalConverter extends Converter {
027
028    /**
029     * Checks if the converter is available.
030     */
031    ConverterCheckResult isConverterAvailable();
032
033}