TemplateEntry (JOSM)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompoundTemplateEntry, Condition, ContextSwitchTemplate, SearchExpressionCondition, StaticText, Variable
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public interface TemplateEntry
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Interface for one node in the abstract syntax tree that is the result of parsing a template string with TemplateParser. The node can either be branching (condition, context switch) or a leaf node (variable, static text). The root node, representing the entire template is also a TemplateEntry.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`appendText(java.lang.StringBuilder result, TemplateEngineDataProvider dataProvider)`	Execute this template by generating text for a given data provider.
`default java.lang.String`	`getText(TemplateEngineDataProvider dataProvider)`	Execute this template by generating text for a given data provider.
`boolean`	`isValid(TemplateEngineDataProvider dataProvider)`	Check if this template is applicable to the given data provider.

- Method Detail
  - getText
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default java.lang.String getText(TemplateEngineDataProvider dataProvider)
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    Execute this template by generating text for a given data provider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dataProvider - the data provider from which information should be compiled to a string
    
    Returns:
    
    the generated text
  - appendText
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void appendText(java.lang.StringBuilder result,
                TemplateEngineDataProvider dataProvider)
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    Execute this template by generating text for a given data provider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    result - the StringBuilder to append the text to
    
    dataProvider - the data provider from which information should be compiled to a string
  - isValid
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boolean isValid(TemplateEngineDataProvider dataProvider)
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    Check if this template is applicable to the given data provider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    dataProvider - the data provider to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if all conditions are fulfilled to apply the template (for instance all required key=value mappings are present), false otherwise