Extensible transformation framework

摘要

A method and system providing an extensible transformation framework have been disclosed. The framework in accordance with the method and system receives a plurality of artifacts as input. The framework calls classifiers to determine a type for each of the plurality of artifacts. The classifier may not group together a set of artifacts related to each of the plurality of artifacts. The classifiers create work units for each artifact containing information appropriate for the artifact's type. The framework then calls the transformation algorithm corresponding to each artifact's type to transform the artifacts. In this manner, the framework automatically classifies and groups different types of artifacts and performs the appropriate transformation of each artifact. The framework is also extensible, such that more artifact types and corresponding transformation algorithms can be added.