| // Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry; |
| |
| /** |
| * An element that may be asked to render itself to an |
| * {@link IMarkupWriter} using a {@link IRequestCycle}. |
| * |
| * <p>This primarily includes {@link IComponent} and {@link IPage}, |
| * but also extends to other things, such as objects responsible for |
| * rendering static markup text. |
| * |
| * @author Howard Lewis Ship |
| * @version $Id$ |
| * |
| **/ |
| |
| public interface IRender |
| { |
| /** |
| * The principal rendering/rewinding method. This will cause |
| * the receiving component to render its top level elements (HTML |
| * text and components). |
| * |
| * <p>Renderring and rewinding are the exact same process. The |
| * same code that renders must be able to restore state by going |
| * through the exact same operations (even though the output is |
| * discarded). |
| * |
| **/ |
| |
| public void render(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle); |
| } |