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1 | // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation |
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2 | // |
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3 | // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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4 | // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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5 | // You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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6 | // |
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7 | // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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8 | // |
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9 | // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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10 | // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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11 | // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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12 | // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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13 | // limitations under the License. |
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15 | package org.apache.tapestry; |
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17 | /** |
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18 | * An element that may be asked to render itself to an |
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19 | * {@link IMarkupWriter} using a {@link IRequestCycle}. |
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20 | * |
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21 | * <p>This primarily includes {@link IComponent} and {@link IPage}, |
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22 | * but also extends to other things, such as objects responsible for |
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23 | * rendering static markup text. |
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24 | * |
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25 | * @author Howard Lewis Ship |
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26 | * |
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27 | **/ |
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29 | public interface IRender |
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30 | { |
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31 | /** |
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32 | * The principal rendering/rewinding method. This will cause |
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33 | * the receiving component to render its top level elements (HTML |
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34 | * text and components). |
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35 | * |
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36 | * <p>Renderring and rewinding are the exact same process. The |
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37 | * same code that renders must be able to restore state by going |
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38 | * through the exact same operations (even though the output is |
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39 | * discarded). |
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40 | * |
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41 | **/ |
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43 | void render(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle); |
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45 | } |