toolboxmanager.java

一个用于java web页面开发的开源包

package org.apache.velocity.tools.view;

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import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Common interface for toolbox manager implementations.
 *
 * @author Nathan Bubna
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Geir Magnusson Jr.</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Gabe Sidler</a>
 * @author <a href="mailto:[e-mail]">Henning P. Schmiedehausen</a>
 * @version $Id: ToolboxManager.java 479724 2006-11-27 18:49:37Z nbubna $
 */
public interface ToolboxManager
{

    /**
     * Adds a tool to be managed
     */
    void addTool(ToolInfo info);

    /**
     * Adds a data object for the context.
     *
     * @param info An object that implements ToolInfo
     */
    void addData(ToolInfo info);

    /**
     * Retrieves a map of the tools and data being managed. Tools
     * that have an init(Object) method will be (re)initialized
     * using the specified initData.
     *
     * @param initData data used to initialize tools
     * @return the created ToolboxContext
     * @since VelocityTools 1.2
     */
    Map getToolbox(Object initData);

}