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package com.google.gwt.safehtml.client;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * A tag interface that facilitates compile-time binding of HTML templates to
 * generate SafeHtml strings.
 * 
 * <p>Example usage:
 * <pre>
 *   public interface MyTemplate extends SafeHtmlTemplates {
 *     @Template("<span class=\"{3}\">{0}: <a href=\"{1}\">{2}</a></span>")
 *     SafeHtml messageWithLink(SafeHtml message, String url, String linkText,
 *       String style);
 *   }
 *   private static final MyTemplate TEMPLATE = GWT.create(MyTemplate.class);
 *   public void useTemplate(...) {
 *     SafeHtml message;
 *     String url;
 *     String linkText;
 *     String style;
 *     // ...
 *     SafeHtml messageWithLink =
 *       TEMPLATE.messageWithLink(message, url, linkText, style);
 *   }
 * </pre>
 * 
 * Instantiating a SafeHtmlTemplates interface with GWT.create() returns an
 * instance of an implementation that is generated at compile time. The code
 * generator parses the value of each template method's @Template annotation as 
 * a (X)HTML template, with template variables denoted by curly-brace 
 * placeholders that refer by index to the corresponding template method 
 * parameter.
 */
public interface SafeHtmlTemplates {

  /**
   * The HTML template.
   */
  @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
  @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
  @Documented
  public @interface Template {
    String value();
  }
}