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| <DT><B>All Known Implementing Classes:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/view/DataInfo.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools.view">DataInfo</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/view/servlet/ServletToolInfo.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools.view.servlet">ServletToolInfo</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/apache/velocity/tools/view/ViewToolInfo.html" title="class in org.apache.velocity.tools.view">ViewToolInfo</A></DD> | |
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| <DT><PRE>public interface <B>ToolInfo</B></DL> | |
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| Interface to simplify and abstract tool handling. | |
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| <DT><B>Version:</B></DT> | |
| <DD>$Id: ToolInfo.java 479724 2006-11-27 18:49:37Z nbubna $</DD> | |
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| <DD>Nathan Bubna</DD> | |
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| <CODE> java.lang.String</CODE></FONT></TD> | |
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