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package org.apache.jasper.compiler;
/**
* Defines the interface for the String interpreter. This allows users to provide custom String interpreter
* implementations that can optimise String processing for an application by performing code generation for a sub-set of
* Strings.
*/
public interface StringInterpreter {
/**
* Generates the source code that represents the conversion of the string value to the appropriate type.
*
* @param c The target class to which to coerce the given string
* @param s The string value
* @param attrName The name of the attribute whose value is being supplied
* @param propEditorClass The property editor for the given attribute
* @param isNamedAttribute true if the given attribute is a named attribute (that is, specified using the
* jsp:attribute standard action), and false otherwise
*
* @return the string representing the code that will be inserted into the source code for the Servlet generated for
* the JSP.
*/
String convertString(Class<?> c, String s, String attrName, Class<?> propEditorClass, boolean isNamedAttribute);
}