class QgsMapLayerRenderer
{
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#include <qgsmaplayerrenderer.h>
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public:
  QgsMapLayerRenderer( const QString& layerID );
  virtual ~QgsMapLayerRenderer();

  //! Do the rendering (based on data stored in the class)
  virtual bool render() = 0;

  //! Return list of errors (problems) that happened during the rendering
  QStringList errors() const;

  //! Get access to the ID of the layer rendered by this class
  QString layerID() const;
};