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package com.google.template.soy.shared.restricted;

import java.util.Set;


/**
 * Superinterface for a Soy print directive.
 *
 * <p> Important: Implementing this interface by itself does nothing. Your directive implementation
 * class needs to implement some of all of this interface's subinterfaces.
 *
 */
public interface SoyPrintDirective {


  /**
   * Gets the name of the Soy print directive.
   * @return The name of the Soy print directive.
   */
  public String getName();


  /**
   * Gets the set of valid args list sizes. For example, the set {0, 2} would indicate that this
   * directive can take 0 or 2 arguments (but not 1).
   * @return The set of valid args list sizes.
   */
  public Set<Integer> getValidArgsSizes();


  /**
   * Returns whether the appearance of this directive on a 'print' tag should cancel autoescape for
   * that 'print' tag.
   * @return Whether the appearance of this directive on a 'print' tag should cancel autoescape for
   * that 'print' tag.
   */
  public boolean shouldCancelAutoescape();

}