1 /* 2 * $Id: SharedVariableFactory.java 1066788 2011-02-03 11:49:11Z apetrelli $ 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.request.freemarker.servlet; 22 23 import freemarker.template.TemplateModel; 24 25 /** 26 * It is an object that can create a shared variable, as a template model. 27 * 28 * @version $Rev: 1066788 $ $Date: 2011-02-03 22:49:11 +1100 (Thu, 03 Feb 2011) $ 29 */ 30 public interface SharedVariableFactory { 31 32 /** 33 * Creates a new shared variable. 34 * 35 * @return The shared variable. 36 */ 37 TemplateModel create(); 38 }