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package org.scijava.util;

import java.io.File;

/**

* Interface for combining structurally-delicate items (such as annotations)

* which need to be unified to a single output.

*

* @author Mark Hiner

*/

public interface Combiner {

/**

* Combines a collection of items and writes the result to the provided

* directory.

*/

void combine(File outputDirectory) throws Exception;

}