    001// Copyright 2011 The Apache Software Foundation
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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5.services.dynamic;
    016
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Resource;
    018
    019/**
    020 * Parses a dynamic template based on a resource or an input stream.
    021 *
    022 * @since 5.3
    023 */
    024public interface DynamicTemplateParser
    025{
    026    /**
    027     * Given a Resource, parse the XML file into a template. The result is cached (using the Resource itself as the
    028     * key). The DynamicTemplateParser is change aware; it will clear its cache if any underlying Resource
    029     * changes, and will clear the Tapestry page cache as well.
    030     */
    031    DynamicTemplate parseTemplate(Resource resource);
    032}