tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/internal/services/PageRenderQueue.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services;

import org.apache.tapestry5.MarkupWriter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.structure.Page;
import org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONObject;
import org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderCommand;


/**
 * A wrapper around {@link org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderQueue}, but referencable as a (per-thread) service. This
 * service is scoped so that we can tell it what to render in one method, then have it do the render in another. Part of
 * an elaborate scheme to keep certain interfaces public and other closely related ones private.
 */
public interface PageRenderQueue
{
    /**
     * Initializes the queue for rendering of a complete page.
     */
    void initializeForCompletePage(Page page);

    /**
     * Sets the default page that will render the response.
     */
    void setRenderingPage(Page page);

    /**
     * Returns the page that is rendering markup content.
     */
    Page getRenderingPage();

    /**
     * Initializes the queue for rendering of a portion of a page.
     */
    void initializeForPartialPageRender(RenderCommand rootCommand);

    /**
     * Obtains the value previously supplied to {@link #initializeForPartialPageRender(org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderCommand)}.
     * This allows the "natural" renderer to be substituted or otherwise manipulated.
     *
     * @return the root renderer
     */
    RenderCommand getRootRenderCommand();

    /**
     * Returns true if {@link #initializeForPartialPageRender(org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderCommand)} has been
     * invoked.
     */
    boolean isPartialRenderInitialized();

    /**
     * Render to the write, as setup by the initialize method.
     *
     * @param writer to write markup to
     */
    void render(MarkupWriter writer);

    /**
     * Performs a partial markup render, as configured via {@link #initializeForPartialPageRender(org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderCommand)}.
     *
     * @param writer to which markup should be written
     * @param reply  JSONObject which will contain the partial response
     */
    void renderPartial(MarkupWriter writer, JSONObject reply);
}