001// Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 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}