1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) 2004 TiongHiang Lee
3 *
4 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
5 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
6 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
7 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
8 *
9 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
12 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
13 *
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
16 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17 *
18 * Email: thlee@onemindsoft.org
19 */
20
21 package org.onemind.commons.java.text;
22
23 /***
24 * A simple interface for text generation.
25 * The generator generates some text on a passed in regarding a target object.
26 * @author TiongHiang Lee (thlee@onemindsoft.org)
27 */
28 public interface TextGenerator
29 {
30 /***
31 * Generate some text through the spec passed in
32 * @param spec the specification
33 * @param obj the target object where the text should be generate towards
34 * @return the text
35 */
36 public void generateText(String spec, Object obj, StringBuffer sb);
37 }