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014
015package org.apache.tapestry.describe;
016
017import org.apache.tapestry.IRender;
018
019/**
020 * A source of light-weight objects that can render a particular object. This is a more pure
021 * implementation of the GoF Adapter pattern, based on wrapping a
022 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.describe.RenderStrategy}.
023 * 
024 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship
025 * @since 4.0
026 */
027public interface RenderableAdapterFactory
028{
029    /**
030     * Returns an object that can render the input object. Simple implementations will just just
031     * output a string; complex implementations may output complex markup.
032     */
033    public IRender getRenderableAdaptor(Object object);
034}