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1   /*
2    * $Source$
3    * $Revision$
4    *
5    * Copyright (C) 2005 Tim Pizey
6    *
7    * Part of Melati (http://melati.org), a framework for the rapid
8    * development of clean, maintainable web applications.
9    *
10   * Melati is free software; Permission is granted to copy, distribute
11   * and/or modify this software under the terms either:
12   *
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14   *    Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
15   *    any later version,
16   *
17   *    or
18   *
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20   *    at http://melati.org
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26   * GNU General Public License and visit http://melati.org to obtain the
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30   * if you would like to work out a different arrangement than the options
31   * outlined here.  It is our intention to allow Melati to be used by as
32   * wide an audience as possible.
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34   * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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39   * Contact details for copyright holder:
40   *
41   *     Tim Pizey <timp At paneris.org>
42   *     http://paneris.org/~timp
43   */
44  package org.melati.template;
45  
46  import java.util.Enumeration;
47  
48  import org.melati.Melati;
49  import org.melati.MelatiConfig;
50  import org.melati.util.MelatiStringWriter;
51  import org.melati.util.MelatiWriter;
52  
53  /**
54   * A TemplateEngine typically evaluates a template containing variables 
55   * against a context containing values for those variables.
56   * 
57   * The canonical java Template Engines are WebMacro and Velocity.
58   * 
59   * @author timp At paneris.org
60   */
61  public interface TemplateEngine {
62    
63    /**
64     * Initialise the Engine.
65     *
66     * @param melatiConfig a {@link MelatiConfig}
67     * @throws TemplateEngineException if any problem occurs with the engine
68     */
69    void init(MelatiConfig melatiConfig) throws TemplateEngineException;
70  
71    /**
72     * Create a new Context for this engine.
73     *
74     * @throws TemplateEngineException if any problem occurs with the engine
75     * @return a {@link TemplateContext}
76     */
77    TemplateContext getTemplateContext()
78        throws TemplateEngineException;
79  
80    /**
81     * The name of the template engine (used to find the templets).
82     * @return the name of the current configured template engine
83     */
84    String getName();
85  
86    /**
87     * @return the extension of the templates used by this template engine,
88     * including the dot.
89     */
90    String templateExtension();
91  
92    /**
93     * A root should not end in a slash.
94     * 
95     * @return an Enumeration of string roots, always at least the empty string
96     */
97    Enumeration<String> getRoots();
98    
99    /**
100    * Add a template root directory.
101    * NOTE A root should not start or end in a slash.
102    * 
103    * @param root the root to add
104    */
105   void addRoot(String root);
106   
107   /** 
108    * Get a template given it's full name.
109    * 
110    * @param templateName the name of the template to find
111    * @throws NotFoundException if template not found
112    * @return a template
113    */
114   Template template(String templateName) 
115     throws NotFoundException;
116 
117   /**
118    * The name of a template which exists.
119    * 
120    * @param key short name, without path or extension
121    * @param classifier a purpose or database name or similar qualifier 
122    * @return the name of a template, null if none found
123    */
124   String getTemplateName(String key, String classifier);
125    
126   /** 
127    * Expand the Template against the context.
128    *
129    * @param out             a {@link MelatiWriter} to output on
130    * @param templateName    the name of the template to expand
131    * @param templateContext the {@link ServletTemplateContext} to expand 
132    *                        the template against
133    * @throws NotFoundException if template not found
134    */
135   void expandTemplate(MelatiWriter out, String templateName,
136       TemplateContext templateContext) throws NotFoundException;
137 
138   /** 
139    * Expand the Template against the context, unwrapping any Access Exceptions.
140    *
141    * @param out             a {@link MelatiWriter} to output on
142    * @param template        the {@link Template} to expand
143    * @param templateContext the {@link ServletTemplateContext} to expand 
144    *                        the template against
145    */
146   void expandTemplate(MelatiWriter out, Template template,
147       TemplateContext templateContext);
148 
149   /** 
150    * Expand the Template against the context and return the expansion as a string.
151    *
152    * @param template        the {@link Template} to expand
153    * @param templateContext the {@link ServletTemplateContext} to expand 
154    *                        the template against
155    * @return the interpolated template as a String
156    */
157   String expandedTemplate(Template template, TemplateContext templateContext);
158 
159   /** 
160    * @return a {@link MelatiStringWriter}.
161    * @see Melati#getStringWriter() 
162    */
163   MelatiStringWriter getStringWriter();
164 
165   /** 
166    * Get the underlying engine.
167    *
168    * @return the configured template engine
169    */
170   Object getEngine();
171 
172 }
173