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 package org.apache.any23.mime.purifier;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.io.InputStream;

 /**

  * This interface defines a minimum set of methods that

  * a {@link org.apache.any23.mime.TikaMIMETypeDetector} could

  * call in order to clean the input before performing the <i>MIME type</i>

  * detection.

  * 

  * @author Davide Palmisano ( dpalmisano@gmail.com )

  */

 public interface Purifier {

     /**

      * Performs the purification of the provided resettable {@link java.io.InputStream}.

      * 

      * @param inputStream a resettable {@link java.io.InputStream} to be cleaned.

      */

     void purify(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException;

 }