package org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer;

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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Base renderer interface for the <code>document</code>
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.siveton@gmail.com">Vincent Siveton</a>
 * @version $Id$
 * @deprecated Since 1.1, use {@link DocumentRenderer} instead.
 */
public interface DocRenderer
{
    /** Plexus lookup. */
    String ROLE = DocRenderer.class.getName();

    /**
     * Render all files from a site directory to an output directory
     *
     * @param siteDirectory the input directory contains files to be generated
     * @param outputDirectory the output directory where files are generated
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer.DocumentRendererException if any
     * @throws java.io.IOException if any
     */
    void render( File siteDirectory, File outputDirectory )
        throws DocumentRendererException, IOException;

    /**
     * Render a document depending a context and a document descriptor
     *
     * @param siteDirectory the input directory contains files to be generated
     * @param outputDirectory the output directory where file are generated
     * @param documentDescriptor the document descriptor
     * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer.DocumentRendererException if any
     * @throws java.io.IOException if any
     */
    void render( File siteDirectory, File outputDirectory, File documentDescriptor )
        throws DocumentRendererException, IOException;

    /**
     * Get the output extension supported
     *
     * @return the ouput extension supported
     */
    public String getOutputExtension();
}