1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2003 Diez B. Roggisch [deets@web.de] 3 * 4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 7 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 8 * 9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 12 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 13 * 14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 16 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 17 * 18 * $Id: RepopulationElement.java,v 1.3 2004/02/01 05:16:27 christianc Exp $ 19 */ 20 package org.enhydra.barracuda.contrib.dbroggisch.repopulation; 21 22 import org.enhydra.barracuda.core.comp.ViewContext; 23 24 /** 25 * This interfaces must be implemented by all FormElements 26 * that are capable of beeing repopulated using the 27 * {@link org.enhydra.barracuda.contrib.dbroggisch.repopulation.RepopulationFormMap RepopulationFormMap}. 28 * <p> 29 * 30 * @author <a HREF="mailto:deets@web.de">Diez B. Roggisch</a> 31 * @version 1.0 32 */ 33 public interface RepopulationElement { 34 /** 35 * When the FormElements are processed, the actual rendering 36 * is delegated to the FormElement by invoking this method. 37 * <p> The result is any legal object that can be returned from 38 * {@link org.enhydra.barracuda.core.comp.TemplateModel#getItem TemplateModel}. 39 * 40 * @param context a <code>ViewContext</code> value 41 * @return an <code>Object</code> value 42 */ 43 public Object render(ViewContext context); 44 } 45