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+/*******************************************************************************
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.velocity.VelocityContext;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.GUIBuildException;
+
+/**
+ * @author tlenz
+ *
+ */
+public interface IGUIFormBuilder {
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse a GUI template, with parameters into a http servlet-response 
+	 * and use the default http-response content-type.
+	 * <br><br>
+	 *  The parser use the <code>VelocityEngine</code> as internal template evaluator. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param httpResp http-response object
+	 * @param viewName Name of the template (with suffix), which should be used. 
+	 *    The template is selected by using the <code>getTemplate(String viewName)</code> method
+	 * @param viewParams Map of parameters, which should be added to template
+	 * @param loggerName String, which should be used from logger
+	 * 
+	 * @throws GUIBuildException
+	 */
+	public void build(HttpServletResponse httpResp, IGUIBuilderConfiguration config, String loggerName) throws GUIBuildException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Parse a GUI template, with parameters into a http servlet-response.
+	 * <br><br>
+	 *  The parser use the <code>VelocityEngine</code> as internal template evaluator. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param httpResp http-response object
+	 * @param viewName Name of the template (with suffix), which should be used. 
+	 *    The template is selected by using the <code>getTemplate(String viewName)</code> method
+	 * @param viewParams Map of parameters, which should be added to template
+	 * @param contentType http-response content-type, which should be set
+	 * @param loggerName String, which should be used from logger
+	 * 
+	 * @throws GUIBuildException
+	 */
+	void build(HttpServletResponse httpResp, IGUIBuilderConfiguration config, String contentType,
+			String loggerName) throws GUIBuildException;
+	
+	
+	/**
+	 * Generate a new {@link VelocityContext} and populate it with MOA-ID GUI parameters
+	 * 
+	 * @param config
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public VelocityContext generateVelocityContextFromConfiguration(IGUIBuilderConfiguration config);
+	
+
+	/**
+	 * Load the template from different resources
+	 * 
+	 * @param config
+	 * @return An {@link InputStream} but never null. The {@link InputStream} had to be closed be the invoking method
+	 * @throws GUIBuildException
+	 */
+	public InputStream getTemplateInputStream(IGUIBuilderConfiguration config) throws GUIBuildException;
+}