| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2002,2004 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. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.cocoon.portal.layout.renderer; |
| |
| import java.util.Iterator; |
| |
| import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component; |
| import org.apache.cocoon.portal.PortalService; |
| import org.apache.cocoon.portal.layout.Layout; |
| import org.xml.sax.ContentHandler; |
| import org.xml.sax.SAXException; |
| |
| /** |
| * A renderer is responsible for rendering a layout object. |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:cziegeler@s-und-n.de">Carsten Ziegeler</a> |
| * @author <a href="mailto:volker.schmitt@basf-it-services.com">Volker Schmitt</a> |
| * |
| * @version CVS $Id: Renderer.java,v 1.4 2004/03/05 13:02:13 bdelacretaz Exp $ |
| */ |
| public interface Renderer |
| extends Component { |
| |
| String ROLE = Renderer.class.getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Stream out raw layout |
| */ |
| void toSAX(Layout layout, PortalService service, ContentHandler handler) |
| throws SAXException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the aspects required for this renderer. |
| * This method always returns an iterator even if no descriptions are |
| * available. |
| */ |
| Iterator getAspectDescriptions(); |
| } |