001/* 002 * nimbus-jose-jwt 003 * 004 * Copyright 2012-2016, Connect2id Ltd. 005 * 006 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use 007 * this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the 008 * License at 009 * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 011 * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 013 * under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR 014 * CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 015 * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. 016 */ 017 018package com.nimbusds.jose; 019 020 021/** 022 * Generic payload type transformer. Implementations should be tread-safe. 023 */ 024public interface PayloadTransformer<T> { 025 026 027 /** 028 * Transforms the specified payload into the desired type. 029 * 030 * @param payload The payload. Not {@code null}. 031 * 032 * @return The desired type. 033 */ 034 T transform(final Payload payload); 035}