/* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell
*
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*
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package net.sourceforge.stripes.tag;
import net.sourceforge.stripes.exception.StripesJspException;
import net.sourceforge.stripes.config.ConfigurableComponent;
/**
* Interface that implements the logic to determine how to populate/repopulate an input tag.
* Generally, population strategies will need to determine whether to pull the tag's value from
* the current request's parameters, from an ActionBean (if one is present), or from a value
* provided for the tag on the JSP.
*
* @author Tim Fennell
*/
public interface PopulationStrategy extends ConfigurableComponent {
Object getValue(InputTagSupport tag) throws StripesJspException ;
}