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package org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering;

import org.apache.roller.weblogger.pojos.Template;
import org.apache.roller.weblogger.ui.rendering.mobile.MobileDeviceRepository;


/**
 * Returns Renderer best suited to render a Template or null if available.
 *
 * Implementations of this interface are used to handle the actual lookup of
 * what Renderer object should be used to render a given resource.
 */
public interface RendererFactory {
    
    /**
     * Get a Renderer that will handle the given Template.
     * If a RendererFactory does not have a Renderer which can handle the
     * content then it may return null.
     *
     * This method purposely does not throw exceptions because the rendering
     * system as a whole does not care if a given factory generates an exception
     * while trying to find a renderer.  It is up to the factory itself to
     * report any relevant exceptions itself.
     */
    Renderer getRenderer(Template template,
		MobileDeviceRepository.DeviceType deviceType);
    
}