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022    package org.jboss.dna.graph.sequencers;
023    
024    import java.util.Set;
025    import org.jboss.dna.common.util.Logger;
026    import org.jboss.dna.graph.properties.Name;
027    import org.jboss.dna.graph.properties.NamespaceRegistry;
028    import org.jboss.dna.graph.properties.Path;
029    import org.jboss.dna.graph.properties.Property;
030    import org.jboss.dna.graph.properties.ValueFactories;
031    
032    /**
033     * @author John Verhaeg
034     */
035    public interface SequencerContext {
036    
037        /**
038         * Get the factories that can be used to create {@link Path paths} and other property values.
039         * 
040         * @return the collection of factories; never <code>null</code>.
041         */
042        ValueFactories getFactories();
043    
044        /**
045         * Return the path of the input node containing the content being sequenced.
046         * 
047         * @return input node's path.
048         */
049        Path getInputPath();
050    
051        /**
052         * Return the set of properties from the input node containing the content being sequenced.
053         * 
054         * @return the input node's properties; never <code>null</code>.
055         */
056        Set<Property> getInputProperties();
057    
058        /**
059         * Return the property with the supplied name from the input node containing the content being sequenced.
060         * 
061         * @param name
062         * @return the input node property, or <code>null</code> if none exists.
063         */
064        Property getInputProperty( Name name );
065    
066        /**
067         * Return the MIME-type of the content being sequenced.
068         * 
069         * @return the MIME-type
070         */
071        String getMimeType();
072    
073        /**
074         * Convenience method to get the namespace registry used by the {@link ValueFactories#getNameFactory() name value factory}.
075         * 
076         * @return the namespace registry; never <code>null</code>.
077         */
078        NamespaceRegistry getNamespaceRegistry();
079    
080        /**
081         * Return a logger associated with this context. This logger records only those activities within the context and provide a
082         * way to capture the context-specific activities. All log messages are also sent to the system logger, so classes that log
083         * via this mechanism should <i>not</i> also {@link Logger#getLogger(Class) obtain a system logger}.
084         * 
085         * @param clazz the class that is doing the logging
086         * @return the logger, named after <code>clazz</code>; never null
087         * @see #getLogger(String)
088         */
089        Logger getLogger( Class<?> clazz );
090    
091        /**
092         * Return a logger associated with this context. This logger records only those activities within the context and provide a
093         * way to capture the context-specific activities. All log messages are also sent to the system logger, so classes that log
094         * via this mechanism should <i>not</i> also {@link Logger#getLogger(Class) obtain a system logger}.
095         * 
096         * @param name the name for the logger
097         * @return the logger, named after <code>clazz</code>; never null
098         * @see #getLogger(Class)
099         */
100        Logger getLogger( String name );
101    
102    }