org.apache.tiles
Interface TilesApplicationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

EnhancedTilesApplicationContext, PortletTilesApplicationContext, PortletTilesRequestContext, ServletTilesApplicationContext, ServletTilesRequestContext, TilesApplicationContextWrapper, WildcardPortletTilesApplicationContext, WildcardServletTilesApplicationContext

public interface TilesApplicationContext

Defines a set of methods which tiles use to communicate to the tiles container and runtime environment. There is only one application context per container.

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Rev: 654222 $ $Date: 2008-05-07 21:17:15 +0200 (mer, 07 mag 2008) $

Method Summary

Map<String,Object>	getApplicationScope() Returns a mutable Map that maps application scope attribute names to their values.
Object	getContext() Returns the original, technology-dependent, context.
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.

Method Detail

getContext

Object getContext()

Returns the original, technology-dependent, context.

Returns:

The original application context.

Since:

2.1.0

getApplicationScope

Map<String,Object> getApplicationScope()

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

Returns:

Map of key value pairs.

getInitParams

Map<String,String> getInitParams()

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

Returns:

initialization parameters

getResource

URL getResource(String path)
                throws IOException

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

Parameters:

path - to the desired resource.

Returns:

the first located resource which matches the given path.

Throws:

IOException - if the path is malformed

getResources

Set<URL> getResources(String path)
                      throws IOException

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

Parameters:

path - to the desired resource.

Returns:

all resources which match the given path.

Throws:

IOException - if the url is illegal