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org.apache.tiles.context.enhanced
Class EnhancedTilesApplicationContext

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tiles.context.enhanced.EnhancedTilesApplicationContext

All Implemented Interfaces:

TilesApplicationContext

public class EnhancedTilesApplicationContext
extends Object
implements TilesApplicationContext

ApplicationContext decorator used to provide enhancements to the standard context. Specifically, it provides:

• Ability to load resources from the classpath
• Ability to retrieve multiple resources of the same name

Future features will include:

• Ability to utilize wildcards in resource pathcs

Since:

Tiles 2.0

Version:

$Rev: 527536 $ $Date: 2007-04-11 17:44:51 +0200 (Wed, 11 Apr 2007) $

Constructor Summary

EnhancedTilesApplicationContext(TilesApplicationContext rootContext)
Constructor.

Method Summary

Map<String,Object>	getApplicationScope() Returns a mutable Map that maps application scope attribute names to their values.
Set<URL>	getClasspathResources(String path) Searches for resources in the classpath, given a path.
Map<String,String>	getInitParams() Return an immutable Map that maps context application initialization parameters to their values.
URL	getResource(String path) Return a URL for the application resource mapped to the specified path.
Set<URL>	getResources(String path) Return a URL for the application resource mapped to the specified path.
TilesApplicationContext	getRootContext() Returns the root context.
protected Set<URL>	searchResources(ClassLoader loader, String path) Searches for resources in the classpath, given a path, using a class loader.
void	setRootContext(TilesApplicationContext rootContext) Sets the root context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EnhancedTilesApplicationContext

public EnhancedTilesApplicationContext(TilesApplicationContext rootContext)

Constructor.

Parameters:

rootContext - The root context to use.

Method Detail

getRootContext

public TilesApplicationContext getRootContext()

Returns the root context.

Returns:

The root context.

setRootContext

public void setRootContext(TilesApplicationContext rootContext)

Sets the root context.

Parameters:

rootContext - The root context.

getApplicationScope

public Map<String,Object> getApplicationScope()

Returns a mutable Map that maps application scope attribute names to their values.

Specified by:

getApplicationScope in interface TilesApplicationContext

Returns:

Map of key value pairs.

getInitParams

public Map<String,String> getInitParams()

Return an immutable Map that maps context application initialization parameters to their values.

Specified by:

getInitParams in interface TilesApplicationContext

Returns:

initialization parameters

getResource

public URL getResource(String path)
                throws IOException

Return a URL for the application resource mapped to the specified path.

Specified by:

getResource in interface TilesApplicationContext

Parameters:

path - to the desired resource.

Returns:

the first located resource which matches the given path.

Throws:

IOException - if the path is malformed

getResources

public Set<URL> getResources(String path)
                      throws IOException

Return a URL for the application resource mapped to the specified path.

Specified by:

getResources in interface TilesApplicationContext

Parameters:

path - to the desired resource.

Returns:

all resources which match the given path.

Throws:

IOException - if the url is illegal

getClasspathResources

public Set<URL> getClasspathResources(String path)
                               throws IOException

Searches for resources in the classpath, given a path.

Parameters:

path - The path to search into.

Returns:

The set of found URLs.

Throws:

IOException - If something goes wrong during search.

searchResources

protected Set<URL> searchResources(ClassLoader loader,
                                   String path)

Searches for resources in the classpath, given a path, using a class loader.

Parameters:

loader - The class loader to use.

path - The path to search into.

Returns:

The set of found URLs.