1 /* 2 * $Id: TilesInitializer.java 833737 2009-11-07 19:17:09Z 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.startup; 22 23 import org.apache.tiles.request.ApplicationContext; 24 25 /** 26 * Tiles initialization delegate. It initializes Tiles container(s) and the 27 * application context to use across all the application. 28 * 29 * @version $Rev: 833737 $ $Date: 2009-11-08 06:17:09 +1100 (Sun, 08 Nov 2009) $ 30 */ 31 public interface TilesInitializer { 32 33 /** 34 * Initializes Tiles. 35 * 36 * @param preliminaryContext The preliminary application context to use. It 37 * will be overwritten with the real instance later. Use a context usable 38 * under your current environment, like ServletTilesApplicationContext or 39 * PortletTilesApplicationContext. 40 */ 41 void initialize(ApplicationContext preliminaryContext); 42 43 /** 44 * Destroys the Tiles container. 45 * 46 * @since 2.2.0 47 */ 48 void destroy(); 49 }