/*
 * Copyright 2014 Attila Szegedi, Daniel Dekany, Jonathan Revusky
 * 
 * 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 the License at
 * 
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */

package freemarker.template;

import freemarker.template.utility.ObjectWrapperWithAPISupport;

/**
 * <b>Experimental - subject to change:</b> A {@link TemplateModel} on which the {@code ?api} operation can be applied.
 * 
 * <p>
 * <b>Experimental status warning:</b> This interface is subject to change on non-backward compatible ways, hence, it
 * shouldn't be implemented outside FreeMarker yet.
 * 
 * @since 2.3.22
 */
public interface TemplateModelWithAPISupport extends TemplateModel {

    /**
     * Returns the model that exposes the (Java) API of the value. This is usually implemented by delegating to
     * {@link ObjectWrapperWithAPISupport#wrapAsAPI(Object)}.
     */
    TemplateModel getAPI() throws TemplateModelException;

}