1 package org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer;
2
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21
22 import java.io.File;
23 import java.io.IOException;
24 import java.util.Collection;
25
26 import org.apache.maven.doxia.document.DocumentModel;
27
28 /**
29 * Base interface for rendering documents from a set of input files.
30 *
31 * @author <a href="mailto:vincent.siveton@gmail.com">Vincent Siveton</a>
32 * @author ltheussl
33 * @since 1.1
34 */
35 public interface DocumentRenderer
36 {
37 /** Plexus lookup role. */
38 String ROLE = DocumentRenderer.class.getName();
39
40 /**
41 * Render a document from a set of files, depending on a rendering context.
42 *
43 * @param files the path name Strings (relative to a common base directory)
44 * of files to include in the document generation.
45 * @param outputDirectory the output directory where the document should be generated.
46 * @param documentModel the document model, containing all the metadata, etc.
47 * If the model contains a TOC, only the files found in this TOC are rendered,
48 * otherwise all files from the Collection of files will be processed.
49 * If the model is null, render all files individually.
50 * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer.DocumentRendererException if any.
51 * @throws java.io.IOException if any.
52 */
53 void render( Collection<String> files, File outputDirectory, DocumentModel documentModel )
54 throws DocumentRendererException, IOException;
55
56 /**
57 * Render a document from the files found in a source directory, depending on a rendering context.
58 *
59 * @param baseDirectory the directory containing the source files.
60 * This should follow the standard Maven convention, ie containing all the site modules.
61 * @param outputDirectory the output directory where the document should be generated.
62 * @param documentModel the document model, containing all the metadata, etc.
63 * If the model contains a TOC, only the files found in this TOC are rendered,
64 * otherwise all files found under baseDirectory will be processed.
65 * If the model is null, render all files from baseDirectory individually.
66 * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer.DocumentRendererException if any
67 * @throws java.io.IOException if any
68 */
69 void render( File baseDirectory, File outputDirectory, DocumentModel documentModel )
70 throws DocumentRendererException, IOException;
71
72 // /**
73 // * Render a document from the files found in a source directory, depending on a rendering context.
74 // *
75 // * @param baseDirectory the directory containing the source files.
76 // * This should follow the standard Maven convention, ie containing all the site modules.
77 // * @param outputDirectory the output directory where the document should be generated.
78 // * @param documentModel the document model, containing all the metadata, etc.
79 // * If the model contains a TOC, only the files found in this TOC are rendered,
80 // * otherwise all files found under baseDirectory will be processed.
81 // * If the model is null, render all files from baseDirectory individually.
82 // * @param context the rendering context when processing files.
83 // * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer.DocumentRendererException if any
84 // * @throws java.io.IOException if any
85 // * @since 1.1.2
86 // */
87 // void render( File baseDirectory, File outputDirectory, DocumentModel documentModel,
88 // DocumentRendererContext context )
89 // throws DocumentRendererException, IOException;
90
91 /**
92 * Read a document model from a file.
93 *
94 * @param documentDescriptor a document descriptor file that contains the document model.
95 * @return the document model, containing all the metadata, etc.
96 * @throws org.apache.maven.doxia.docrenderer.DocumentRendererException if any
97 * @throws java.io.IOException if any
98 */
99 DocumentModel readDocumentModel( File documentDescriptor )
100 throws DocumentRendererException, IOException;
101
102 /**
103 * Get the output extension associated with this DocumentRenderer.
104 *
105 * @return the ouput extension.
106 */
107 String getOutputExtension();
108 }