org.apache.wicket.util.template
Class TextTemplate

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.wicket.util.resource.AbstractResourceStream
      org.apache.wicket.util.resource.AbstractStringResourceStream
          org.apache.wicket.util.template.TextTemplate

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, IClusterable, IResourceStream, IStringResourceStream, IModifiable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PackagedTextTemplate, TextTemplateDecorator

public abstract class TextTemplate
extends AbstractStringResourceStream

Represents a text template that can do variable interpolation.

Since:

1.2.6

Author:

Eelco Hillenius, Jonathan Locke

See Also:

VariableInterpolator, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

TextTemplate()
Constructor.

TextTemplate(java.lang.String contentType)
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	asString()
java.lang.String	asString(java.util.Map variables) Interpolates the Map of variables with the content and returns the resulting String without replacing the content.
abstract java.lang.String	getString() Retrieves the String resource.
abstract TextTemplate	interpolate(java.util.Map variables) Interpolates values into this TextTemplate.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.util.resource.AbstractStringResourceStream

close, getContentType, getInputStream, lastModifiedTime, setLastModified

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.util.resource.AbstractResourceStream

getCharset, getLocale, length, setCharset, setLocale

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextTemplate

public TextTemplate()

Constructor.

TextTemplate

public TextTemplate(java.lang.String contentType)

Constructor.

Parameters:

contentType - the mime type of this resource, such as "image/jpeg" or "text/html"

Method Detail

asString

public java.lang.String asString(java.util.Map variables)

Interpolates the Map of variables with the content and returns the resulting String without replacing the content. Variables are denoted in this string by the syntax ${variableName}. The contents will be altered by replacing each variable of the form ${variableName} with the value returned by variables.getValue("variableName").

Parameters:

variables - the variables to interpolate

Returns:

the result of the interpolation

asString

public java.lang.String asString()

Specified by:

asString in interface IStringResourceStream

Overrides:

asString in class AbstractResourceStream

Returns:

This resource as a String.

See Also:

AbstractResourceStream.asString()

getString

public abstract java.lang.String getString()

Retrieves the String resource.

Specified by:

getString in class AbstractStringResourceStream

Returns:

the String resource

interpolate

public abstract TextTemplate interpolate(java.util.Map variables)

Interpolates values into this TextTemplate.

Parameters:

variables - variables to interpolate into this TextTemplate

Returns:

this, for chaining purposes