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package org.springmodules.template;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
/**
* @author Uri Boness
*/
public interface TemplateEngine {
public final static String DEFAULT_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
/**
* Creates a new template out of the given resource. The default encoding of the
* created template is <code>UTF-8</code>.
*
* @param resource The resource from which the template will be created.
* @return The newly created template
*/
Template createTemplate(Resource resource);
/**
* Creates a new template out of the given resource and encoding.
*
* @param resource The resource from which the template will be created.
* @param encoding The encoding of the text the template will generate.
* @return The newly created template
*/
Template createTemplate(Resource resource, String encoding);
}