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from zope.interface import Interface

class IHandler(Interface):
  """Handles communications between manager and specific backends
  """

  def convert(destination_mimetype):
    """Convert to expected format
    """

  def getMetadata():
    """Returns a dictionary with all metadata of document.
    """

  def setMetadata(metadata_dict):
    """Returns a document with the new metadata
    """
