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package org.apache.commons.digester3.substitution;

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An Interface describing a class capable of expanding strings which may contain variable references. The exact syntax
of the "reference", and the mechanism for determining the corresponding value to be used is up to the concrete
implementation.



Since:1.6
/**
 * <p>
 * An Interface describing a class capable of expanding strings which may contain variable references. The exact syntax
 * of the "reference", and the mechanism for determining the corresponding value to be used is up to the concrete
 * implementation.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @since 1.6
 */
public interface VariableExpander
{

    
Return the input string with any variables replaced by their corresponding value. If there are no variables in
the string, then the input parameter is returned unaltered.

Params:
  • param – the string containing variables to be replaced.
Returns:the input string with any variables replaced by their corresponding value.
/**
     * Return the input string with any variables replaced by their corresponding value. If there are no variables in
     * the string, then the input parameter is returned unaltered.
     *
     * @param param the string containing variables to be replaced.
     * @return the input string with any variables replaced by their corresponding value.
     */
    String expand( String param );

}