IPreProcessor (thymeleaf 3.0.11.RELEASE API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PreProcessor
```
public interface IPreProcessor
```
Interface defining pre-processors.

Pre-processors are implementations of ITemplateHandler meant to be executed on template model events after parsing (or retrieving from cache) and before these events go through processing by all the applicable processors (implementations of IProcessor).

Pre-processors can be used to re-shape the template model just before it is processed.

Most of the times, the PreProcessor implementation will be used for registering pre-processors.

Since:

3.0.0

Author:

Daniel Fernández

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Class<? extends ITemplateHandler>`	`getHandlerClass()`	Returns the handler class for this pre-processor, the `ITemplateHandler` that implements the real logic to be executed.
`int`	`getPrecedence()`	Returns the precedence that should be applied to this pre-processor.
`TemplateMode`	`getTemplateMode()`	Returns the template mode this pre-processor should be executed for.

- Method Detail
  - getTemplateMode
```
TemplateMode getTemplateMode()
```
    Returns the template mode this pre-processor should be executed for. A pre-processor can only be linked to a specific template mode.
    
    Returns:
    
    the template mode.
  - getPrecedence
```
int getPrecedence()
```
    Returns the precedence that should be applied to this pre-processor. This will determine the order in which it will be executed in relation to any other pre-processors (note that the dialect precedence determined by IPreProcessorDialect.getDialectPreProcessorPrecedence() will be applied first).
    
    Returns:
    
    the pre-processor precedence.
  - getHandlerClass
```
Class<? extends ITemplateHandler> getHandlerClass()
```
    Returns the handler class for this pre-processor, the ITemplateHandler that implements the real logic to be executed.
    
    In order for pre-processors to work correctly, they need to implement correctly all the ITemplateHandler contract. In order to make this easier, extending AbstractTemplateHandler is recommended.
    
    Returns:
    
    the handler class.