1 package org.apache.velocity.util; 2 3 /* 4 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 5 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 6 * distributed with this work for additional information 7 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 8 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 9 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 10 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 11 * 12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 13 * 14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 15 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 16 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 17 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 18 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 19 * under the License. 20 */ 21 22 /** 23 * Any object in the context which implements TemplateString will use the 24 * getAsString() method for rendering and empty-checks instead of toString(). 25 * 26 * @author Nathan Bubna 27 * @since 2.0 28 */ 29 public interface TemplateString 30 { 31 32 /** 33 * Returns a String that can be used in a template. 34 * @return A String that can be used in a template. 35 */ getAsString()36 String getAsString(); 37 38 } 39