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

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package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services;

import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.parser.ComponentTemplate;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Resource;

/**
 * Parses a resource into a {@link org.apache.tapestry5.internal.parser.ComponentTemplate}.
 *
 * @see PageLoader
 */
public interface TemplateParser
{
    /**
     * Parses the given resource into a component template.
     *
     * @param templateResource the path
     * @return the parsed template contents
     * @throws RuntimeException if the resource does not exist, or if there is any kind of parse error
     */
    ComponentTemplate parseTemplate(Resource templateResource);
}