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package org.apache.kafka.streams.kstream;


import org.apache.kafka.streams.processor.ConnectedStoreProvider;

/**
 * A {@code TransformerSupplier} interface which can create one or more {@link Transformer} instances.
 *
 * @param <K> key type
 * @param <V> value type
 * @param <R> {@link org.apache.kafka.streams.KeyValue KeyValue} return type (both key and value type can be set
 *            arbitrarily)
 * @see Transformer
 * @see KStream#transform(TransformerSupplier, String...)
 * @see ValueTransformer
 * @see ValueTransformerSupplier
 * @see KStream#transformValues(ValueTransformerSupplier, String...)
 */
public interface TransformerSupplier<K, V, R> extends ConnectedStoreProvider {

    /**
     * Return a new {@link Transformer} instance.
     *
     * @return a new {@link Transformer} instance
     */
    Transformer<K, V, R> get();
}
