1 /* 2 * $Id: PreparerFactory.java 1310865 2012-04-07 21:01:22Z nlebas $ 3 * 4 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 5 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 6 * distributed with this work for additional information 7 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 8 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 9 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 10 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 11 * 12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 13 * 14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 15 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 16 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 17 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 18 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 19 * under the License. 20 */ 21 package org.apache.tiles.preparer.factory; 22 23 import org.apache.tiles.preparer.ViewPreparer; 24 import org.apache.tiles.request.Request; 25 26 /** 27 * <p> 28 * Factory interface used to create/retrieve instances of 29 * the {@link ViewPreparer} interface. 30 * <p/> 31 * 32 * <p> 33 * This factory provides an extension point into the default 34 * tiles implementation. Implementors wishing to provide 35 * per request initialization of the ViewPreparer (for instance) 36 * may provide a custom prerparer. 37 * </p> 38 * 39 * @since 2.0 40 * 41 * @version $Rev: 1310865 $ $Date: 2012-04-08 07:01:22 +1000 (Sun, 08 Apr 2012) $ 42 */ 43 public interface PreparerFactory { 44 45 /** 46 * Create the named {link ViewPreparer} for the specified context. 47 * 48 * @param name ViewPreparer name, commonly the qualified classname. 49 * @param context the context within which the preparerInstance will be invoked. 50 * @return instance of the ViewPreparer 51 */ 52 ViewPreparer getPreparer(String name, Request context); 53 }