RenderableAdapterFactory


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14  
15  package org.apache.tapestry.describe;
16  
17  import org.apache.tapestry.IRender;
18  
19  /**
20   * A source of light-weight objects that can render a particular object. This is a more pure
21   * implementation of the GoF Adapter pattern, based on wrapping a
22   * {@link org.apache.tapestry.describe.RenderStrategy}.
23   * 
24   * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
25   * @since 4.0
26   */
27  public interface RenderableAdapterFactory
28  {
29      /**
30       * Returns an object that can render the input object. Simple implementations will just just
31       * output a string; complex implementations may output complex markup.
32       */
33      public IRender getRenderableAdaptor(Object   object);
34  }

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