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+// Copyright 2016 Yahoo Inc. Licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license. See LICENSE in the project root.
+package com.yahoo.prelude.templates;
+
+import java.io.Writer;
+
+
+/**
+ * A template turns a template string and some state into
+ * an instantiated string. Add support for a particular
+ * template mechanism by subclassing this.
+ *
+ * @author bratseth
+ */
+public abstract class Template<T extends Writer> {
+
+    /**
+     * Renders this template
+     *
+     * @param context the context to evaluate in
+     * @param writer the writer to render to
+     */
+    public abstract void render(Context context,T writer)
+        throws java.io.IOException;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get template name
+     *
+     * @return template name
+     */
+    public abstract String getName();
+
+}