groovy-core/src/main/groovy/text/Template.java

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package groovy.text;

import groovy.lang.Writable;

import java.util.Map;


/**
 * A template is a block of text with an associated binding that can be output to a writer or evaluated to a string.
 * 
 * @author sam
 */
public interface Template {
    Writable make();
    Writable make(Map binding);
}