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013package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
014
015import org.apache.tapestry5.MarkupWriter;
016import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesOrderedConfiguration;
017import org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONObject;
018
019/**
020 * Defines an Ajax-oriented partial page render, wherein a render of a portion of a page occurs, and the content is
021 * stored into a key ("content") of a {@link org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONObject}, which is sent to the client side as
022 * the final response.  Client-side JavaScript receives this reply and uses it to update a portion of the page.
023 *
024 *
025 * The PartialMarkupRenderer service takes an ordered configuration of {@link PartialMarkupRendererFilter}s.  It can be
026 * selected using the {@link org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Primary} marker annotation.
027 */
028@UsesOrderedConfiguration(PartialMarkupRendererFilter.class)
029public interface PartialMarkupRenderer
030{
031    /**
032     * Implementations should perform work before or after passing the writer to the renderer.
033     *
034     * @param writer to which markup should be written
035     * @param reply  JSONObject which will contain the partial response
036     */
037    void renderMarkup(MarkupWriter writer, JSONObject reply);
038}