| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 Oracle Corporation. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Ian Trimble - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.jst.pagedesigner.dtmanager.converter; |
| |
| import org.w3c.dom.Element; |
| |
| /** |
| * Produces output rendering for ITagConverter instances. |
| * |
| * <p><b>Provisional API - subject to change</b></p> |
| * |
| * @author Ian Trimble - Oracle |
| */ |
| public interface IOutputRenderer { |
| |
| /** |
| * Uses the ITagConverterContext argument to produce output rendering. |
| * |
| * @param tagConverterContext ITagConverterContext instance providing |
| * ITagConverter-specific context and functionality. |
| * @return Element instance representing top Element in resulting output |
| * tree. |
| * |
| * TODO: let's parameterize the return type either with a generic type |
| * or with Object so that sub-classes can co-vary |
| */ |
| public Element render(ITagConverterContext tagConverterContext); |
| |
| } |
