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package org.apache.synapse.commons.builders;

import org.apache.axiom.om.OMElement;
import org.apache.axis2.context.MessageContext;

import java.io.OutputStream;

public interface MessageConverter {
    /**
     * Message formatter action.
     * @param element
     * @param outputStream
     * @param fromMediaType
     * @param toMediaType
     */
    public void convert(OMElement element, OutputStream outputStream, String fromMediaType, String toMediaType) throws MessageConversionException;

    /**
     *
     * @param messageContext
     * @param outputStream
     * @param fromMediaType
     * @param toMediaType
     */
    public void convert(MessageContext messageContext, OutputStream outputStream, String fromMediaType, String toMediaType) throws MessageConversionException;

    /**
     * Message formatter action.
     * @param element
     * @param fromMediaType
     * @param toMediaType
     * @return
     */
    public  StringBuilder convert(OMElement element, String fromMediaType, String toMediaType) throws MessageConversionException;

    /**
     * Message formatter action.
     * @param messageContext
     * @param fromMediaType
     * @param toMediaType
     * @return
     */
    public  StringBuilder convert(MessageContext messageContext, String fromMediaType, String toMediaType) throws MessageConversionException;
}
