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package io.vertx.ext.web.common.template;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.GenIgnore;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
import io.vertx.core.Future;
import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
import java.util.Map;
/**
* A template template uses a specific template and the data in a routing context to render a resource into a buffer.
*
* Concrete implementations exist for several well-known template engines.
*
* @author Tim Fox
*/
@VertxGen
public interface TemplateEngine {
/**
* Render the template. Template engines that support partials/fragments should extract the template base path from
* the template filename up to the last file separator.
*
* Some engines support localization, for these engines, there is a predefined key "lang" to specify the language to
* be used in the localization, the format should follow the standard locale formats e.g.: "en-gb", "pt-br", "en".
*
* @param context the routing context
* @param templateFileName the template file name to use
* @return a future notified with a result containing the buffer or a failure
*/
default Future render(JsonObject context, String templateFileName) {
return render(context.getMap(), templateFileName);
}
/**
* Render the template. Template engines that support partials/fragments should extract the template base path from
* the template filename up to the last file separator.
*
* Some engines support localization, for these engines, there is a predefined key "lang" to specify the language to
* be used in the localization, the format should follow the standard locale formats e.g.: "en-gb", "pt-br", "en".
*
* @param context the routing context
* @param templateFileName the template file name to use
* @return a future notified with a result containing the buffer or a failure
*/
@GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
Future render(Map context, String templateFileName);
/**
* Returns the underlying engine, so further configurations or customizations may be applied.
* @param the engine object type.
* @return the engine instance.
* @throws ClassCastException when the expected type does not match the internal type.
*/
@GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
default T unwrap() throws ClassCastException {
return null;
}
/**
* Clears any internal caches used by this engine. For most engines this means clearing the
* vert.x cache, implementations that do not use vert.x as a cache should clear their own cache.
*/
void clearCache();
}