PipelineStep (kodexa-java 4.0.56 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassBasedStep, RemoteAction
```
public interface PipelineStep
```
An interface that describes the contract for a pipeline step.
Each step will recieve one document at a time, and also the pipeline context, it can then work with that document and return it, or create a new document to return.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`	The name of the pipeline step
`Document`	`process(Document document, PipelineContext context)`	The pipeline will call the process method, passing each document to the step.

- Method Detail
  - process
```
Document process(Document document,
                 PipelineContext context)
```
    The pipeline will call the process method, passing each document to the step. The step will then perform and actions and can return either the same document or a new document representing its result.
    It can also interact with the context if it wishes to work with the stores or other contextual information.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - The document to process
    
    context - The pipeline's context
    
    Returns:
    
    The document after the steps actions
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    The name of the pipeline step
    
    Returns:
    
    a string representing the name