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package org.apache.tiles.request.render;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.tiles.request.Request;
import org.apache.tiles.request.DispatchRequest;

/**
 * Renders an attribute that contains a reference to a template.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public class DispatchRenderer implements Renderer {

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public void render(String path, Request request) throws IOException {
        if (path == null) {
            throw new CannotRenderException("Cannot dispatch a null path");
        }
        if (!(request instanceof DispatchRequest)) {
            throw new CannotRenderException("Cannot dispatch outside of a web environment");
        }

        ((DispatchRequest) request).dispatch(path);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    public boolean isRenderable(String path, Request request) {
        return path != null && path.startsWith("/");
    }
}