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package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Used to render portions of a page as part of an {@linkplain AjaxComponentEventRequestHandler Ajax request}.    This
 * encapsulates rendering of the partial response and then the construction of a {@linkplain
 * org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONObject JSON reply}. Works with the pipeline defined by the {@link
 * org.apache.tapestry5.services.PartialMarkupRenderer} service.
 *
 * @see org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services.PageRenderQueue
 */
public interface AjaxPartialResponseRenderer
{
    /**
     * Used to render a partial response as part of an Ajax action request. A call to {@link
     * PageRenderQueue#addPartialRenderer(org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderCommand)}
     * should precede this call.
     */
    void renderPartialPageMarkup() throws IOException;
}
