001/*
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003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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015 */
016
017package org.springframework.web.servlet.view.velocity;
018
019import org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine;
020
021/**
022 * Interface to be implemented by objects that configure and manage a
023 * VelocityEngine for automatic lookup in a web environment. Detected
024 * and used by VelocityView.
025 *
026 * @author Rod Johnson
027 * @see VelocityConfigurer
028 * @see VelocityView
029 * @deprecated as of Spring 4.3, in favor of FreeMarker
030 */
031@Deprecated
032public interface VelocityConfig {
033
034        /**
035         * Return the VelocityEngine for the current web application context.
036         * May be unique to one servlet, or shared in the root context.
037         * @return the VelocityEngine
038         */
039        VelocityEngine getVelocityEngine();
040
041}