01: /*
02: * Copyright (c) 2003 The Visigoth Software Society. All rights
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08: *
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11: *
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16: *
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19: * "This product includes software developed by the
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21: * Alternately, this acknowledgement may appear in the software itself,
22: * if and wherever such third-party acknowledgements normally appear.
23: *
24: * 4. Neither the name "FreeMarker", "Visigoth", nor any of the names of the
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51: */
52:
53: package freemarker.template;
54:
55: /**
56: * String values in a template data model must implement this interface.
57: * (Actually, the name of this interface should be
58: * <code>TemplateStringModel</code>. The bad name was inherited from the
59: * ancient times, when there was only 1 kind of scalars in FreeMarker.)
60: *
61: * @version $Id: TemplateScalarModel.java,v 1.18 2004/11/28 12:58:33 ddekany Exp $
62: */
63: public interface TemplateScalarModel extends TemplateModel {
64:
65: /**
66: * A constant value to use as the empty string.
67: */
68: public TemplateModel EMPTY_STRING = new SimpleScalar("");
69:
70: /**
71: * Returns the string representation of this model. In general, avoid
72: * returning null. In compatibility mode the engine will convert
73: * null into empty string, however in normal mode it will
74: * throw an exception if you return null from this method.
75: */
76: public String getAsString() throws TemplateModelException;
77:
78: }
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