/*
* Copyright 2007 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
* use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
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*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
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* WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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package com.google.gwt.text.shared;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* An object that can render other objects of a particular type into plain-text
* form. Allows decoupling that is useful for a dependency-injection
* architecture.
*
* @param <T> the type to render
*/
public interface Renderer<T> {
/**
* Renders {@code object} as plain text. Should never throw any exceptions!
*/
String render(T object);
/**
* Renders {@code object} as plain text, appended directly to {@code
* appendable}. Should never throw any exceptions except if {@code appendable}
* throws an {@code IOException}.
*/
void render(T object, Appendable appendable) throws IOException;
}