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package org.thymeleaf.dialect;

import java.util.Map;

import org.thymeleaf.context.IProcessingContext;

/**
 * 
 *   Feature-specifier interface for {@link IDialect} implementations.
 * 
 * 
 *   Implementing this interface allows dialects to specify a series of objects that will be added
 *   to the context as utility objects during expression evaluations.
 * 
 * 
 *   This means, for example, that a dialect could add a util object so that it could be
 *   used in OGNL or SpringEL expression evaluations like ${#util.doThis(obj)}. 
 * 
 * 
 * @author Daniel Fernández
 * 
 * @since 2.0.12
 *
 */
public interface IExpressionEnhancingDialect extends IDialect {


    /**
     * 
     *   Returns the objects that should be added to expression evaluation contexts.
     * 
     * 
     *   This means, for example, that a dialect could add a util object so that it could be
     *   used in OGNL or SpringEL expression evaluations like ${#util.doThis(obj)}. 
     * 
     * 
     * @param processingContext the processing context on which the expression evaluation will be performed.
     * @return the Map of objects to be added to the expression evaluation context.
     */
    public Map getAdditionalExpressionObjects(final IProcessingContext processingContext);

}