VMware GemFire Java API Reference

PostProcessor (Tanzu GemFire 10.0.7)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExamplePostProcessor
```
public interface PostProcessor
```
PostProcessor allows the customer to massage the values seen by a particular user.

Since:

Geode 1.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default void`	`close()`	Give the implementation a chance to close the resources used.
`default void`	`init(Properties securityProps)`	Given the security props of the server, properly initialize the post processor for the server.
`Object`	`processRegionValue(Object principal, String regionName, Object key, Object value)`	Process the value before sending it to the requester

- Method Detail
  - init
```
default void init(Properties securityProps)
```
    Given the security props of the server, properly initialize the post processor for the server. Initialized at cache creation
    
    Parameters:
    
    securityProps - security properties
  - processRegionValue
```
Object processRegionValue(Object principal,
                          String regionName,
                          Object key,
                          Object value)
```
    Process the value before sending it to the requester
    
    Parameters:
    
    principal - The principal that's accessing the value. The type of the principal will depend on how you implemented your SecurityManager
    
    regionName - The region that's been accessed. This could be null.
    
    key - the key of the value that's been accessed. This could be null.
    
    value - the original value. The original value could be null as well.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value that will be returned to the requester
  - close
```
default void close()
```
    Give the implementation a chance to close the resources used. Called when cache is closed.