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 * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
 * Copyright 2013 SorcerSoft.org.
 *  
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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package sorcer.service.modeling;

import sorcer.service.Call;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;

/**
 *
 * @author Mike Sobolewski
 */
public interface Filtration<T> extends Call, EvaluationComponent, SupportComponent {

    /**
     * Returns the filtered out value from the given input.
     *
     * @return the filtered out value
     * @throws FilterException
     * @throws RemoteException
     */
    public Object doFilter(Object input) throws FilterException, RemoteException;

    public Object getTarget();
}