Appender.java

package org.nnsoft.guice.rocoto.variables;

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import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Resolver extension to implement resolving process by chunk.
 *
 * @since 6.0
 */
interface Appender
    extends Resolver
{

    /**
     * Append something to the provided buffer for the given configuration.<br>
     * Implementation should add themselves in the context tree.
     *
     * @param buffer
     * @param configuration
     * @param context
     */
    void append( StringBuilder buffer, Map<String, String> configuration, Tree<Appender> context );

}