ITemplateManager.java

/**
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 * This file is part of the Whole Platform.
 *
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 */
package org.whole.lang.templates;

import java.util.Set;

import org.whole.lang.builders.IBuilderOperation;
import org.whole.lang.model.IEntity;


/**
 * Extensible Factory of templates.
 * Templates are build on demand.
 * 
 * @author Riccardo Solmi
 */
public interface ITemplateManager {
	public void apply(String name, IBuilderOperation op);

	public IEntity createEmpty();
	public IEntity create(ITemplate template);
	public IEntity create(String name);
	public IEntity share(String name);

	public ITemplateFactory<?> get(String name);
	public void put(String name, ITemplateFactory<?> template);
	public void remove(String name);

	public Set<String> names();
}