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package org.springframework.web.util;
/**
* Factory for instances of {@link UriBuilder}.
*
* <p>A single {@link UriBuilderFactory} may be created once, configured with
* common properties such as a base URI, and then used to create many URIs.
*
* <p>Extends {@link UriTemplateHandler} which has a similar purpose but only
* provides shortcuts for expanding URI templates, not builder style methods.
*
* @author Rossen Stoyanchev
* @since 5.0
*/
public interface UriBuilderFactory extends UriTemplateHandler {
/**
* Return a builder initialized with the given URI string.
* <p>Concrete implementations may apply further initializations such as
* combining with a pre-configured base URI.
* @param uriTemplate the URI template to initialize the builder with
* @return the UriBuilder
*/
UriBuilder uriString(String uriTemplate);
/**
* Return a builder to prepare a new URI.
* @return the UriBuilder
*/
UriBuilder builder();
}