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+# coding: utf-8
+
+"""
+Exposes a class that represents a parsed (or compiled) template.
+
+This module is meant only for internal use.
+
+"""
+
+
+class ParsedTemplate(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, parse_tree):
+        """
+        Arguments:
+
+          parse_tree: a list, each element of which is either--
+
+            (1) a unicode string, or
+            (2) a "rendering" callable that accepts a Context instance
+                and returns a unicode string.
+
+        The possible rendering callables are the return values of the
+        following functions:
+
+        * RenderEngine._make_get_escaped()
+        * RenderEngine._make_get_inverse()
+        * RenderEngine._make_get_literal()
+        * RenderEngine._make_get_partial()
+        * RenderEngine._make_get_section()
+
+        """
+        self._parse_tree = parse_tree
+
+    def render(self, context):
+        """
+        Returns: a string of type unicode.
+
+        """
+        # We avoid use of the ternary operator for Python 2.4 support.
+        def get_unicode(val):
+            if callable(val):
+                return val(context)
+            return val
+        parts = map(get_unicode, self._parse_tree)
+        s = ''.join(parts)
+
+        return unicode(s)
+