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/*
 * Copyright 2012-2015 Erwin Müller 
 *
 * This file is part of resources-templates.
 *
 * resources-templates is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
 * option) any later version.
 *
 * resources-templates is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
 * details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 * along with resources-templates. If not, see .
 */
package com.anrisoftware.resources.templates.api;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * Factory to create a new template worker.
 * 
 * @author Erwin Mueller, [email protected]
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface TemplateWorkerFactory {

	/**
	 * Creates a new template worker.
	 * 
	 * @param templateUrl
	 *            the {@link URL} of the template file.
	 * 
	 * @param properties
	 *            the {@link Properties} for the template.
	 * 
	 * @param attributes
	 *            the attributes {@link Map} for the template.
	 * 
	 * @return the {@link TemplateWorker}.
	 * 
	 * @since 1.4
	 */
	TemplateWorker create(URL templateUrl, Properties properties,
			Map attributes);
}