/*
* FreeMarker: a tool that allows Java programs to generate HTML
* output using templates.
* Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Benjamin Geer
* Email: beroul@users.sourceforge.net
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the
* Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
* Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
*
* 22 October 1999: This class added by Holger Arendt.
*/
package freemarker.template;
import java.util.List;
/**
* <p>
* Method calls in a template data model must implement either this interface or
* the {@link TemplateMethodModel2} interface. The calling convention from a
* Template is identical to that of a {@link TemplateMethodModel2}, only the
* arguments passed to the object are different.
* </p>
*
* <p>
* The detail messages of any <code>TemplateModelException</code>s thrown will
* be included as HTML comments in the output.
* </p>
*
* @version $Id: TemplateMethodModel.java 987 2004-10-05 10:13:24Z run2000 $
* @see TemplateMethodModel2
*/
public interface TemplateMethodModel extends TemplateModel {
/**
* Executes a method call. Arguments are passed as a <code>List</code> of
* <code>String</code> objects.
*
* @param arguments
* a <code>List</code> of <code>String</code> objects containing
* the values of the arguments passed to the method.
* @return the <code>TemplateModel</code> produced by the method, or
* <code>null</code>.
*/
public TemplateModel exec(List arguments) throws TemplateModelException;
}