1/*2 * $Id: RendererFactory.java 637434 2008-03-15 15:48:38Z 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 */21package org.apache.tiles.renderer;
2223import java.util.Map;
2425/***26 * <p>27 * Factory interface used to create/retrieve instances of the28 * {@link AttributeRenderer} interface.29 * </p>30 *31 * <p>32 * This factory provides an extension point into the default tiles33 * implementation. Implementors wishing to provide per request initialization of34 * the AttributeRenderer (for instance) may provide a custom renderer.35 * </p>36 *37 * @version $Rev: 637434 $ $Date: 2008-03-15 16:48:38 +0100 (sab, 15 mar 2008) $38 * @since 2.1.039 */40publicinterfaceRendererFactory {
4142/***43 * Initialize the renderer factory.44 *45 * @param parameters The parameters for the initialization.46 * @since 2.1.047 */48void init(Map<String, String> parameters);
4950/***51 * Returns a renderer by its name.52 *53 * @param name The name of the renderer.54 * @return The renderer.55 * @since 2.1.056 */57AttributeRenderer getRenderer(String name);
58 }