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014package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services;
015
016/**
017 * Service that generates a <a href="https://graphviz.org/doc/info/lang.html">Graphviz DOT description file</a>
018 * for a given component's dependency graph or for the whole set of dependencies of all components.
019 * @since 5.8.3
020 */
021public interface ComponentDependencyGraphvizGenerator {
022
023    /**
024     * Generates the Graphviz DOT file and returns it as a Strting.
025     * @param classNames the component (including page) class names to generate the dependency graph.
026     * @return
027     */
028    String generate(String ... classNames);
029    
030}