001    /*
002     * DatasetManipulator.java
003     *
004     * Created on July 14, 2006, 4:33 PM
005     *
006     * This file is part of the STAR Scheduler.
007     * Copyright (c) 2002-2006 STAR Collaboration - Brookhaven National Laboratory
008     *
009     * STAR Scheduler is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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022     */
023    
024    package gov.bnl.star.offline.scheduler.dataset.datasetManipulators;
025    
026    import gov.bnl.star.offline.scheduler.dataset.Dataset;
027    import gov.bnl.star.offline.scheduler.request.Request;
028    
029    /** The base class for any operations that manipulate the dataset gov.bnl.star.offline.scheduler.dataset.Dataset object.
030     *
031     * @author lbhajdu
032     */
033    public interface DatasetManipulator {
034        
035         
036        /**Used to pass the dataset to the dataset manipulator
037          * @param dataset The dataset to be modifyed 
038          * @param request The request object of the current request for with will use the dataset 
039         **/
040        public void modify(Dataset dataset, Request request);
041        
042        public boolean requirementsSatisfied();  
043        
044    }