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package org.apache.jasper.compiler;
/**
* Defines the interface for the String interpreter. This allows users to
* provide custom String interpreter implementations that can optimise
* String processing for an application by performing code generation for
* a sub-set of Strings.
*/
public interface StringInterpreter {
/**
* Generates the source code that represents the conversion of the string
* value to the appropriate type.
*
* @param c
* The target class to which to coerce the given string
* @param s
* The string value
* @param attrName
* The name of the attribute whose value is being supplied
* @param propEditorClass
* The property editor for the given attribute
* @param isNamedAttribute
* true if the given attribute is a named attribute (that
* is, specified using the jsp:attribute standard action),
* and false otherwise
*
* @return the string representing the code that will be inserted into the
* source code for the Servlet generated for the JSP.
*/
String convertString(Class c, String s, String attrName,
Class propEditorClass, boolean isNamedAttribute);
}