// BSD License (http://www.galagosearch.org/license)

 package org.galagosearch.tupleflow;

 import java.io.IOException;

 /**

  * This is the base class for most TupleFlow steps.  Most TupleFlow steps convert

  * data from some type T to some type U, then call the process method on some other

  * processor.  This class abstracts the details of implementing that kind of class.

  * 

  * @author trevor

  */

 public abstract class StandardStep<T, U> implements Processor<T>, Source<U> {

     public Processor<U> processor;

     public abstract void process(T object) throws IOException;

     public void setProcessor(Step next) throws IncompatibleProcessorException {

         Linkage.link(this, next);

     }

     public void close() throws IOException {

         processor.close();

     }

 }