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package info.magnolia.freemarker.models;
import freemarker.ext.util.ModelFactory;
import freemarker.template.ObjectWrapper;
import freemarker.template.TemplateModel;
/**
* A specialization of Freemarker's ModelFactory, which knows which
* class its handling. Mostly just used so we can simply register
* other factories in Magnolia's configuration without too many hacks
* nor billions of subnodes.
*
* @author gjoseph
* @version $Revision: $ ($Author: $)
*/
public interface MagnoliaModelFactory extends ModelFactory {
/**
* Returns the Class this ModelFactory is able to create Model instances for.
* MagnoliaObjectWrapper uses this with a isAssignableFrom call to determine
* which ModelFactory to use.
*/
Class factoryFor();
/**
* If possible, our models should instantiate models which implement AdapterTemplateModel,
* so they can be unwrapped easily. (by custom directives, for example)
* @see freemarker.template.AdapterTemplateModel
*/
@Override
TemplateModel create(Object object, ObjectWrapper wrapper);
}