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/*
* Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*
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package org.apache.cocoon.components.renderer;
import org.apache.fop.render.Renderer;
/**
* Apache FOP Renderer factory.
* When given a MIME type, find a Renderer which supports that MIME type.
* @author <a href="mailto:dims@yahoo.com">Davanum Srinivas</a>
* @version CVS $Id: RendererFactory.java,v 1.3 2004/03/05 13:01:56 bdelacretaz Exp $
*/
public interface RendererFactory {
/**
* Create a transcoder for a specified MIME type.
* @param mimeType The MIME type of the destination format
* @return A suitable renderer, or <code>null> if one cannot be found
*/
Renderer createRenderer(String mimeType);
}