/*
* #!
* Ontopia Navigator
* #-
* Copyright (C) 2001 - 2013 The Ontopia Project
* #-
* 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
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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*/
package net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav2.core;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
/**
* INTERNAL: Implemented by tags whose functionality is such that they
* process a single input collection to produce their output value.
*/
public interface ValueProducingTagIF {
/**
* INTERNAL: Process the input collection and return the output
* collection. This collection will afterwards typically be passed
* up to the parent tag, which should be a value-accepting tag.
*
* @see net.ontopia.topicmaps.nav2.taglibs.value.BaseValueProducingTag
*/
public Collection process(Collection inputCollection) throws JspException;
}