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/* $Id: PropertyMerger.java 750418 2009-03-05 11:03:54Z vhennebert $ */

package org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp.merge;

import org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp.Metadata;
import org.apache.xmlgraphics.xmp.XMPProperty;

/**
 * Defines an interface the classes can implement to provide special property merging behaviour.
 */
public interface PropertyMerger {

    /**
     * Merges a property into a given metadata object
     * @param sourceProp the source property
     * @param target the target metadata object
     */
    void merge(XMPProperty sourceProp, Metadata target);

}
