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package org.apache.commons.jelly;

/** <p><code>Compilable</code> represents a Tag that is compilable.</p>
  *
  * @author <a href="mailto:jstrachan@apache.org">James Strachan</a>
  * @version $Revision: 1.11 $
  */

public interface CompilableTag {

    /** 
     * Called by the parser to allow a more tag to create a more efficient 
     * format of the tag.
     * @throws JellyException on any error
     */

    // #### should this return Tag?
    
    void compile() throws JellyException;

}