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package org.eclipse.jst.jsf.designtime.internal.view.model.jsp;
import org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common.internal.strategy.IIdentifiableStrategy;
import org.eclipse.jst.jsf.common.runtime.internal.view.model.common.ITagElement;
/**
* Describes an algorithm that can produce ITagElements from <TLD> objects.
*
* @author cbateman
* @param <TLDELEMENT> the object type that describes a tag library.
* @param <IDTYPE>
*
*/
public interface ITagResolvingStrategy<TLDELEMENT, IDTYPE> extends
IIdentifiableStrategy<TLDELEMENT, ITagElement, IDTYPE>
{
/**
* @param element
* @return a new tag element or {@link #getNotFoundIndicator()} if not found
*/
ITagElement resolve(TLDELEMENT element);
/**
* @return the ITagElement (may be null) that indicates that
* resolve(TLDELEMENT) could not resolve a tag. The return
* must be testable with standard "==" operator and not equals().
*/
ITagElement getNotFoundIndicator();
}