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/*
* ViewProcessor.java
*
* Created on January 27, 2003, 5:18 PM
*/
package org.apache.jetspeed.portal.portlets.viewprocessor;
import org.apache.jetspeed.portal.Portlet;
import org.apache.jetspeed.portal.PortletException;
import org.apache.jetspeed.portal.portlets.*;
/**
* Interface that defines a ViewProcessor. This is what the
* GenericMVCPortlet uses via the ViewProcessorFactory to
* do the template processing portion of the MVC design pattern.
*
* @author tkuebler
* @version 1.0
* @stereotype plug-in point
*/
public interface ViewProcessor
{
/**
* Process the template passed in the context
* (context.get("template")). Invoked by the GenericMVCPortlet
* after action handling to process the template type
* in question.
*/
void init(Portlet portlet)
throws PortletException;
Object processView(GenericMVCContext context);
}