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+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved. Licensed under the Microsoft Reciprocal License. See LICENSE.TXT file in the project root for full license information.
+
+namespace WixToolset.Harvesters.Extensibility
+{
+    using Wix = WixToolset.Harvesters.Serialize;
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Interface for a mutator.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface IMutator
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the harvester core for the extension.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The harvester core for the extension.</value>
+        IHarvesterCore Core { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the value of the extension argument passed to heat.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The extension argument.</value>
+        string ExtensionArgument { get; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds a mutator extension.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="mutatorExtension">The mutator extension to add.</param>
+        void AddExtension(IMutatorExtension mutatorExtension);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Mutate a WiX document.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="wix">The Wix document element.</param>
+        /// <returns>true if mutation was successful</returns>
+        bool Mutate(Wix.Wix wix);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Mutate a WiX document.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="wixString">The Wix document as a string.</param>
+        /// <returns>The mutated Wix document as a string if mutation was successful, else null.</returns>
+        string Mutate(string wixString);
+    }
+}