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1 | /* | |
2 | * $Id: TilesContainer.java 1044659 2010-12-11 14:16:04Z apetrelli $ | |
3 | * | |
4 | * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one | |
5 | * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file | |
6 | * distributed with this work for additional information | |
7 | * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file | |
8 | * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the | |
9 | * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance | |
10 | * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at | |
11 | * | |
12 | * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | |
13 | * | |
14 | * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, | |
15 | * software distributed under the License is distributed on an | |
16 | * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY | |
17 | * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the | |
18 | * specific language governing permissions and limitations | |
19 | * under the License. | |
20 | */ | |
21 | package org.apache.tiles; | |
22 | ||
23 | import java.io.IOException; | |
24 | ||
25 | import org.apache.tiles.request.ApplicationContext; | |
26 | import org.apache.tiles.request.Request; | |
27 | ||
28 | /** | |
29 | * An encapsulation of the tiles framework. This interface is | |
30 | * used to expose tiles features to frameworks which leverage | |
31 | * it as a plugin. It can alternately be used by web applications | |
32 | * which would like a programmatic interface. | |
33 | * | |
34 | * @since 2.0 | |
35 | * @version $Rev: 1044659 $ $Date: 2010-12-12 01:16:04 +1100 (Sun, 12 Dec 2010) $ | |
36 | */ | |
37 | public interface TilesContainer { | |
38 | ||
39 | /** | |
40 | * Retrieve the containers context. | |
41 | * | |
42 | * @return current application context | |
43 | */ | |
44 | ApplicationContext getApplicationContext(); | |
45 | ||
46 | /** | |
47 | * Retrive the attribute context of the current request. | |
48 | * @param request The request. | |
49 | * @return map of the attributes in the current attribute context. | |
50 | */ | |
51 | AttributeContext getAttributeContext(Request request); | |
52 | ||
53 | /** | |
54 | * Starts a new context, where attribute values are stored independently | |
55 | * from others.<br> | |
56 | * When the use of the contexts is finished, call | |
57 | * {@link TilesContainer#endContext(Request)} | |
58 | * @param request The request. | |
59 | * | |
60 | * @return The newly created context. | |
61 | */ | |
62 | AttributeContext startContext(Request request); | |
63 | ||
64 | /** | |
65 | * Ends a context, where attribute values are stored independently | |
66 | * from others.<br> | |
67 | * It must be called after a | |
68 | * {@link TilesContainer#startContext(Request)} call. | |
69 | * @param request The request. | |
70 | */ | |
71 | void endContext(Request request); | |
72 | ||
73 | /** | |
74 | * Renders the current context, as it is. | |
75 | * @param request The request. | |
76 | * | |
77 | * @since 2.1.0 | |
78 | */ | |
79 | void renderContext(Request request); | |
80 | ||
81 | /** | |
82 | * Executes a preparer. | |
83 | * | |
84 | * @param preparer The name of the preparer to execute. | |
85 | * @param request The request. | |
86 | */ | |
87 | void prepare(String preparer, Request request); | |
88 | ||
89 | /** | |
90 | * Render the given tiles request. | |
91 | * | |
92 | * @param definition the current definition. | |
93 | * @param request The request. | |
94 | */ | |
95 | void render(String definition, Request request); | |
96 | ||
97 | /** | |
98 | * Renders the specified definition. | |
99 | * @param definition The definition to render. | |
100 | * @param request The request context. | |
101 | */ | |
102 | void render(Definition definition, Request request); | |
103 | ||
104 | /** | |
105 | * Render the given Attribute. | |
106 | * | |
107 | * @param attribute The attribute to render. | |
108 | * @param request The request. | |
109 | * @throws IOException If something goes wrong during writing to the output. | |
110 | * @since 2.1.2 | |
111 | */ | |
112 | void render(Attribute attribute, Request request) | |
113 | throws IOException; | |
114 | ||
115 | /** | |
116 | * Evaluates the given attribute. | |
117 | * | |
118 | * @param attribute The attribute to evaluate. | |
119 | * @param request The request. | |
120 | * @return The evaluated object. | |
121 | * @since 2.1.0 | |
122 | */ | |
123 | Object evaluate(Attribute attribute, Request request); | |
124 | ||
125 | /** | |
126 | * Returns a definition specifying its name. | |
127 | * | |
128 | * @param definitionName The name of the definition to find. | |
129 | * @param request The request context. | |
130 | * @return The definition, if found. | |
131 | */ | |
132 | Definition getDefinition(String definitionName, | |
133 | Request request); | |
134 | ||
135 | /** | |
136 | * Determine whether or not the definition exists. | |
137 | * | |
138 | * @param definition the name of the definition. | |
139 | * @param request The request. | |
140 | * @return true if the definition is found. | |
141 | */ | |
142 | boolean isValidDefinition(String definition, Request request); | |
143 | } |