1 /* 2 * $Id: RendererFactory.java 1306435 2012-03-28 15:39:11Z 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.request.render; 22 23 24 25 /** 26 * <p> 27 * Factory interface used to create/retrieve instances of the 28 * {@link AttributeRenderer} interface. 29 * </p> 30 * 31 * <p> 32 * This factory provides an extension point into the default tiles 33 * implementation. Implementors wishing to provide per request initialization of 34 * the AttributeRenderer (for instance) may provide a custom renderer. 35 * </p> 36 * 37 * @version $Rev: 1306435 $ $Date: 2012-03-29 02:39:11 +1100 (Thu, 29 Mar 2012) $ 38 */ 39 public interface RendererFactory { 40 41 /** 42 * Returns a renderer by its name. 43 * 44 * @param name The name of the renderer. 45 * @return The renderer. 46 */ 47 Renderer getRenderer(String name); 48 }