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package org.apache.juneau.html;

/**
 * Defines the interface for rendering the contents of an HTML page produced by the {@link HtmlDocSerializer}
 * serializer.
 *
 * <p>
 * The HTML doc serializer produces the following document structure with the typical contents:
 * <p class='bcode w800'>
 * 	<xt>&lt;html&gt;
 * 		&lt;head&gt;
 * 			&lt;style&gt;
 * 				<xv>CSS styles and links to stylesheets</xv>
 * 			&lt;/style&gt;
 * 			&lt;script&gt;
 * 				<xv>Javascript</xv>
 * 			&lt;/script&gt;
 * 		&lt;/head&gt;
 * 		&lt;body&gt;
 * 			&lt;header&gt;
 * 				&lt;h1&gt;<xv>Page title</xv>&lt;/h1&gt;
 * 				&lt;h2&gt;<xv>Page description</xv>&lt;/h2&gt;
 * 				<xv>Arbitrary page branding</xv>
 * 			&lt;/header&gt;
 * 			&lt;nav&gt;
 * 				<xv>Page links</xv>
 * 			&lt;/nav&gt;
 * 			&lt;aside&gt;
 * 				<xv>Side-bar page links</xv>
 * 			&lt;/aside&gt;
 * 			&lt;article&gt;
 * 				<xv>Contents of serialized object</xv>
 * 			&lt;/article&gt;
 * 			&lt;footer&gt;
 * 				<xv>Footer message</xv>
 * 			&lt;/footer&gt;
 * 		&lt;/body&gt;
 * 	&lt;/html&gt;</xt>
 * </p>
 *
 * <p>
 * This interface allows you to control how these sections get rendered.
 */
public interface HtmlDocTemplate {

	/**
	 * Represents a non-existent doc template.
	 */
	public interface Null extends HtmlDocTemplate {}

	/**
	 * Renders the contents of the <code><xt>&lt;head&gt;</xt></code> element.
	 *
	 * @param session The current serializer session.
	 * @param w The writer being written to.
	 * @param o The object being serialized.
	 * @throws Exception Any exception can be thrown.
	 */
	public void writeTo(HtmlDocSerializerSession session, HtmlWriter w, Object o) throws Exception;
}