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015package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal.services;
016
017/**
018 * Implemented by the bridge classes generated by {@link BridgeBuilder},
019 * to expose one step of an assembled pipeline.
020 *
021 * @since 5.9.2
022 */
023public interface PipelineStep
024{
025    /**
026     * The filter invoked at this step of the pipeline.
027     */
028    Object getPipelineFilter();
029
030    /**
031     * What this step delegates to: the next {@link PipelineStep}, or the terminator at the end of the pipeline.
032     */
033    Object getPipelineNext();
034}