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package org.spongepowered.asm.service;

/**
 * Base interface for transformer types
 */
public interface ITransformer {
    
    /**
     * Get the identifier for this transformer, usually the class name but for
     * wrapped transformers this is the class name of the wrapped transformer
     * 
     * @return transformer's identifying name
     */
    public abstract String getName();
    
    /**
     * Get whether this transformer is excluded from delegation. Some
     * transformers (such as the mixin transformer itself) should not be
     * included in the delegation list because they are re-entrant or do not
     * need to run on incoming bytecode.
     * 
     * @return true if this transformer should be <em>excluded</em> from the
     *      transformer delegation list
     */
    public abstract boolean isDelegationExcluded();

}