TransformationRender (GTF 2.0.1 API)

Type Parameters:

Container - type of the container element

Input - type of the current element to process

Element - type of the interim element that used to map the properties

Result - resulting type of the rendering

All Known Subinterfaces:

GeneratorTemplateRenderer<R,S>, GraphTransformationRenderer<R,S,E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConditionalTransformationRenderer, AbstractGeneratorTemplateRenderer, AbstractGraphTransformationRenderer, DeleteFileRenderer, DirectoryCopyRenderer, DirectoryCreateRenderer, FileCopyRenderer, FileOperationRenderer, GeneratorTemplateRendererImpl, GraphVizImageRenderer, InstantiateTemplateRenderer, MultiGraphTransformationRenderer, MultiTransformationRenderer, ShellCommandRenderer, UnzipRenderer
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public interface TransformationRender<Result,Element,Container,Input>
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Interface to represent a renderer inside a transformation. A renderer is responsible for processing a single element or a group of elements inside a transformation and is considered as the smallest part inside a complete transformation process.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Andreas Schuler

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Element`	`createElement()`	Creates a new element same as the one which is rendered
`Element`	`mapProperties(Element element, Container container, Input currentElement)`	maps properties
`Result`	`renderElement(Container container, Input currentElement)`	Renders a given element

- Method Detail
  - renderElement
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Result renderElement(Container container,
                     Input currentElement)
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    Renders a given element
    
    Parameters:
    
    container - the container
    
    currentElement - the current element
    
    Returns:
    
    the rendered element
  - createElement
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Element createElement()
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    Creates a new element same as the one which is rendered
    
    Returns:
    
    the new element
  - mapProperties
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Element mapProperties(Element element,
                      Container container,
                      Input currentElement)
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    maps properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    element - the element, same as which is rendered
    
    container - the container
    
    currentElement - the current element
    
    Returns:
    
    the rendered element