tapestry/tapestry-framework/src/java/org/apache/tapestry/describe/RenderableAdapterFactory.java

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package org.apache.tapestry.describe;

import org.apache.tapestry.IRender;

/**
 * A source of light-weight objects that can render a particular object. This is
 * a more pure implementation of the GoF Adapter pattern, based on wrapping a
 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.describe.RenderStrategy}.
 * 
 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
 * @since 4.0
 */
public interface RenderableAdapterFactory
{

    /**
     * Returns an object that can render the input object. Simple
     * implementations will just just output a string; complex implementations
     * may output complex markup.
     */
    IRender getRenderableAdaptor(Object object);
}