1/*2 * $Id: AttributeEvaluatorFactory.java 788032 2009-06-24 14:08:32Z apetrelli $3 *4 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one5 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file6 * distributed with this work for additional information7 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file8 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the9 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance10 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at11 *12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.013 *14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,15 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an16 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY17 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the18 * specific language governing permissions and limitations19 * under the License.20 */2122package org.apache.tiles.evaluator;
2324import org.apache.tiles.Attribute;
2526/***27 * Creates an attribute evaluator using the language or an attribute.28 *29 * @version $Rev: 788032 $ $Date: 2009-06-24 16:08:32 +0200 (mer, 24 giu 2009) $30 * @since 2.2.031 */32publicinterfaceAttributeEvaluatorFactory {
3334/***35 * Creates and attribute evaluator using an attribute.36 *37 * @param attribute The attribute used to obtain the evaluator.38 * @return The attribute evaluator. It must not be <code>null</code>.39 * @since 2.2.040 */41AttributeEvaluator getAttributeEvaluator(Attribute attribute);
4243/***44 * Creates and attribute evaluator for the given expression language.45 *46 * @param language The name of the expression language.47 * @return The attribute evaluator. It must not be <code>null</code>.48 * @since 2.2.049 */50AttributeEvaluator getAttributeEvaluator(String language);
51 }