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package com.intellij.conversion;

/**
 * @author nik
 */
public abstract class ConversionProcessor<Settings> {
  /**
   * @return {@code true} if the settings are in old format and need to be converted
   */
  public abstract boolean isConversionNeeded(Settings settings);

  /**
   * Perform the conversion. Override this method if conversion should be performed before {@link #process} for other converters is invoked
   */
  public void preProcess(Settings settings) throws CannotConvertException {
  }

  /**
   * Perform the conversion
   */
  public abstract void process(Settings settings) throws CannotConvertException ;

  /**
   * Perform the conversion. Override this method if conversion should be performed after {@link #process} for other converters is invoked
   */
  public void postProcess(Settings settings) throws CannotConvertException {
  }
}
