ViewRenderer.java

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package com.bunjlabs.fuga.views;

import com.bunjlabs.fuga.foundation.Context;
import java.io.PrintStream;

public interface ViewRenderer {

    /**
     * Render view to the print stream.
     *
     * @param name View name.
     * @param ctx Request context.
     * @param output Output print stream.
     * @throws ViewException if any error is occurred while rendering
     */
    public void render(String name, Context ctx, PrintStream output) throws ViewException;

    /**
     * Render view to the string.
     *
     * @param name View name.
     * @param ctx Request context.
     * @return string with rendered view.
     * @throws ViewException if any error is occurred while rendering
     */
    public String renderToString(String name, Context ctx) throws ViewException;

}