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package org.apache.wicket.markup.html;

import org.apache.wicket.markup.head.IHeaderResponse;

/**
 * Setting an IHeaderResponseDecorator on an application allows you to wrap any IHeaderResponse
 * created by Wicket in a separate implementation that incrementally adds functionality to the
 * IHeaderResponse that is used by all IHeaderContributor components or behaviors.
 * 
 * Everywhere that Wicket creates an instance of IHeaderResponse, it will call to your application
 * and give it the opportunity to decorate that IHeaderResponse before using it.
 * 
 * @see IHeaderResponse
 * @see DecoratingHeaderResponse
 * @author Jeremy Thomerson
 */
public interface IHeaderResponseDecorator
{

	/**
	 * The method that does the decorating of the IHeaderResponse.
	 * 
	 * @param response
	 *            the original response created by Wicket
	 * @return the response to be used by IHeaderContributors
	 */
	IHeaderResponse decorate(IHeaderResponse response);
}
