1 /*
2 * Copyright 2013 smartics, Kronseder & Reiner GmbH
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package de.smartics.resteasy.hypermedia.renderer;
17
18 /**
19 * Renders representation of resources.
20 * <p>
21 * The implementation requires means to get access to the instance of
22 * {@link ResourceContext}. This is usually set by the
23 * {@link AbstractRepresentationBodyWriter} via a constructor call or some form
24 * of post construction ceremony.
25 * </p>
26 *
27 * @param <T> the type of the resource the renderer is rendering representations
28 * for.
29 */
30 public interface RepresentationRenderer<T>
31 {
32 // ********************************* Fields *********************************
33
34 // --- constants ------------------------------------------------------------
35
36 // ****************************** Initializer *******************************
37
38 // ****************************** Inner Classes *****************************
39
40 // ********************************* Methods ********************************
41
42 // --- get&set --------------------------------------------------------------
43
44 // --- business -------------------------------------------------------------
45
46 /**
47 * Renders the representation.
48 */
49 void render();
50
51 // --- object basics --------------------------------------------------------
52
53 }