fop/fop-core/src/main/java/org/apache/fop/render/RendererConfig.java

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package org.apache.fop.render;

import org.apache.fop.apps.FOPException;
import org.apache.fop.apps.FOUserAgent;
import org.apache.fop.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.fop.fonts.FontConfig;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface have all the renderer-specific configuration data found in the
 * FOP-conf. This object is just a data object that is created by the {@link RendererConfigParser}
 * when the FOP conf is parsed.
 */
public interface RendererConfig {

    /**
     * Returns the render-specific font configuration information.
     * @return the font config
     */
    FontConfig getFontInfoConfig();

    /**
     * Implementations of this interface parse the relevant renderer-specific configuration data
     * within the FOP-conf and create a {@link RendererConfig}.
     */
    public interface RendererConfigParser {

        /**
         * Builds the object that contains the renderer configuration data.
         *
         * @param userAgent the user agent
         * @param rendererConfiguration the Avalon config object for parsing the data
         * @return the configuration data object
         * @throws FOPException if an error occurs while parsing the fop conf
         */
        RendererConfig build(FOUserAgent userAgent, Configuration rendererConfiguration) throws FOPException;

        /**
         * The MIME type of the renderer.
         *
         * @return the mime type
         */
        String getMimeType();
    }
}