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package org.apache.tapestry5.services;

import org.apache.tapestry5.MarkupWriter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesOrderedConfiguration;

/**
 * An object which will perform rendering of a page (or portion of a page).  This interface exists to be filtered via
 * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.MarkupRendererFilter}.
 * <p/>
 * The MarkupRenderer service takes an ordered configuration of {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.MarkupRendererFilter}s,
 * which are used for ordinary page rendering (as opposed to {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.services.PartialMarkupRenderer
 * partial page rendering} for Ajax requests). The MarkupRenderer service may be selected using the
 *
 * @see org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Primary
 */
@UsesOrderedConfiguration(MarkupRendererFilter.class)
public interface MarkupRenderer
{
    /**
     * Invoked to render some markup.
     *
     * @param writer to which markup should be written
     */
    void renderMarkup(MarkupWriter writer);
}
