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package com.jaxio.celerio.spi;

import com.jaxio.celerio.model.Entity;

import java.util.ServiceLoader;

/**
 * The EntitySpi interface allows Celerio template developers to plug new {@link Entity} helpers.
 * 
 * The implementations are loaded by the java's {@link ServiceLoader}.
 */
public interface EntitySpi {

    /**
     * Invoked by Celerio, when the EntitySpi implementation is binded on an entity instance.
     */
    void init(Entity entity);

    /**
     * The var name under which this EntitySpi is available during template evaluation.

     * For example if velocityVar() methods returns myextension,
     * the corresponding EntitySpi implementation instance is given by $entity.myextension.
     */
    String velocityVar();
}