org.apache.cocoon.components.renderer
Interface RendererFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExtendableRendererFactory

public interface RendererFactory

Apache FOP Renderer factory. When given a MIME type, find a Renderer which supports that MIME type.

Version:

CVS $Id: RendererFactory.java,v 1.4 2002/02/22 07:00:11 cziegeler Exp $

Author:

Davanum Srinivas

Method Summary

org.apache.fop.render.Renderer

createRenderer(java.lang.String mimeType) Create a transcoder for a specified MIME type.

Method Detail

createRenderer

public org.apache.fop.render.Renderer createRenderer(java.lang.String mimeType)

Create a transcoder for a specified MIME type.

Parameters:

mimeType - The MIME type of the destination format

Returns:

A suitable renderer, or null> if one cannot be found