framework/src/org/apache/tapestry/util/IRenderDescription.java

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package org.apache.tapestry.util;

import org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter;

/**
 *  An object which may render a description of itself, which is used in debugging
 *  (i.e., by the Inspector).
 *
 *  @author Howard Lewis Ship
 *  @version $Id$
 *  @since 1.0.6
 * 
 **/

public interface IRenderDescription
{
	/**
	 *  Object should render a description of itself to the writer.
	 *
	 **/

	public void renderDescription(IMarkupWriter writer);
}