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    * $Id: TilesRequestContext.java 736275 2009-01-21 09:58:20Z apetrelli $
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  package org.apache.tiles.context;
  
  import java.io.IOException;
  import java.io.OutputStream;
  import java.io.PrintWriter;
  import java.io.Writer;
  import java.util.Locale;
  import java.util.Map;
  
  import org.apache.tiles.TilesApplicationContext;
  
  /***
   * Encapsulation of request information.
   *
   * @since 2.0
   * @version $Rev: 736275 $ $Date: 2009-01-21 10:58:20 +0100 (mer, 21 gen 2009) $
   */
  public interface TilesRequestContext {
  
      /***
       * Return an immutable Map that maps header names to the first (or only)
       * header value (as a String).
       *
       * @return The header map.
       */
      Map<String, String> getHeader();
  
      /***
       * Return an immutable Map that maps header names to the set of all values
       * specified in the request (as a String array). Header names must be
       * matched in a case-insensitive manner.
       *
       * @return The header values map.
       */
      Map<String, String[]> getHeaderValues();
  
      /***
       * Return a mutable Map that maps request scope attribute names to their
       * values.
       *
       * @return The request scope map.
       */
      Map<String, Object> getRequestScope();
  
      /***
       * Return a mutable Map that maps session scope attribute names to their
       * values.
       *
       * @return The request scope map.
       */
      Map<String, Object> getSessionScope();
  
      /***
       * Returns the associated application context.
       *
       * @return The application context associated to this request.
       * @since 2.1.1
       */
      TilesApplicationContext getApplicationContext();
  
      /***
       * Dispatches the request to a specified path.
       *
       * @param path The path to dispatch to.
       * @throws IOException If something goes wrong during dispatching.
       */
      void dispatch(String path) throws IOException;
  
      /***
       * Includes the response from the specified URL in the current response output.
       *
       * @param path The path to include.
       * @throws IOException If something goes wrong during inclusion.
       */
      void include(String path) throws IOException;
  
      /***
       * Returns an output stream to be used to write directly in the response.
       *
      * @return The output stream that writes in the response.
      * @throws IOException If something goes wrong when getting the output stream.
      * @since 2.1.2
      */
     OutputStream getOutputStream() throws IOException;
 
     /***
      * Returns a writer to be used to write directly in the response.
      *
      * @return The writer that writes in the response.
      * @throws IOException If something goes wrong when getting the writer.
      * @since 2.1.2
      */
     Writer getWriter() throws IOException;
 
     /***
      * Returns a print writer to be used to write directly in the response.
      *
      * @return The print writer that writes in the response.
      * @throws IOException If something goes wrong when getting the print
      * writer.
      * @since 2.1.2
      */
     PrintWriter getPrintWriter() throws IOException;
 
     /***
      * Return an immutable Map that maps request parameter names to the first
      * (or only) value (as a String).
      *
      * @return The parameter map.
      */
     Map<String, String> getParam();
 
     /***
      * Return an immutable Map that maps request parameter names to the set of
      * all values (as a String array).
      *
      * @return The parameter values map.
      */
     Map<String, String[]> getParamValues();
 
     /***
      * Return the preferred Locale in which the client will accept content.
      *
      * @return The current request locale. It is the locale of the request
      * object itself and it is NOT the locale that the user wants to use. See
      * {@link org.apache.tiles.locale.LocaleResolver} to implement strategies to
      * resolve locales.
      */
     Locale getRequestLocale();
 
     /***
      * Determine whether or not the specified user is in the given role.
      * @param role the role to check against.
      * @return <code>true</code> if the user is in the given role.
      */
     boolean isUserInRole(String role);
 
     /***
      * Returns the original request objects used to create this request.
      *
      * @return The request objects.
      * @since 2.1.2
      */
     Object[] getRequestObjects();
 
     /***
      * Get the underlying request.
      *
      * @return The current request object.
      * @deprecated Use {@link #getRequestObjects()}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     Object getRequest();
 
     /***
      * Get the underlying response.
      *
      * @return The current request object.
      * @deprecated Use {@link #getRequestObjects()}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     Object getResponse();
 }