| // Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation |
| // |
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| |
| package org.apache.tapestry.describe; |
| |
| /** |
| * An object that can describe its properties to a |
| * {@link org.apache.tapestry.describe.DescriptionReceiver}. |
| * |
| * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship |
| * @since 4.0 |
| */ |
| public interface Describable |
| { |
| |
| /** |
| * Invoked to have the receiver describe itself (largely in terms of |
| * properties and values). If the caller does not invoke any methods on the |
| * receiver, then the a default description of the caller will be used |
| * (based on <code>toString()</code>. |
| */ |
| void describeTo(DescriptionReceiver receiver); |
| } |