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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\display;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a display which returns a Response object.
+ *
+ * This interface is meant to be used for display plugins, which do return some
+ * other format requiring to return a response directly.
+ */
+interface ResponseDisplayPluginInterface extends DisplayPluginInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Builds up a response with the rendered view as content.
+ *
+ * @param string $view_id
+ * The view ID.
+ * @param string $display_id
+ * The display ID.
+ * @param array $args
+ * (optional) The arguments of the view.
+ *
+ * @return \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response
+ * The built response.
+ */
+ public static function buildResponse($view_id, $display_id, array $args = []);
+
+}