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package com.sun.j2me.payment;

/**
 * This interface defines methods which should be implemented by classes which
 * want to act as a transaction processor for transactions.
 *
 * @version 1.1
 */
public interface TransactionProcessor {
    /**
     * Processes the given transaction, updates its state and returns the same
     * transaction instance or a new one (an instance of 
     * a <code>Transaction</code> subclass), which is based on the old 
     * transaction, but adds more (adapter specific) information to it.
     *
     * @param transaction the transaction to be processed
     * @return the transaction after processing
     */
    Transaction process(Transaction transaction);
}