portletpreferencesservice.java

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package org.apache.pluto.spi.optional;

import java.util.Map;

import javax.portlet.PortletRequest;
import javax.portlet.PreferencesValidator;
import javax.portlet.ValidatorException;

import org.apache.pluto.PortletContainerException;
import org.apache.pluto.PortletWindow;
import org.apache.pluto.internal.InternalPortletPreference;
import org.apache.pluto.om.portlet.PortletDefinition;
import org.apache.pluto.spi.ContainerService;

/**
 * Portlet preferences service that should be implemented by the portal.
 * This is an optional container service.
 *
 */
public interface PortletPreferencesService extends ContainerService {

    /**
     * Returns the default portlet preferences.
     * @param portletWindow  the portlet window.
     * @param request  the portlet request.
     * @return the default portlet preferences.
     * @throws PortletContainerException  if fail to get default preferences.
     */
    public Map<String, InternalPortletPreference> getDefaultPreferences(
            PortletWindow portletWindow,
            PortletRequest request)
    throws PortletContainerException;

	/**
	 * Returns the stored portlet preferences.
	 * @param portletWindow  the portlet window.
	 * @param request  the portlet request.
	 * @return the stored portlet preferences.
	 * @throws PortletContainerException  if fail to get stored preferences.
	 */
    public Map<String, InternalPortletPreference> getStoredPreferences(
    		PortletWindow portletWindow,
    		PortletRequest request)
    throws PortletContainerException;

    /**
     * Stores the portlet references to the persistent storage.
     * @param portletWindow  the portlet window.
     * @param request  the portlet request.
     * @param preferences  the portlet preferences to store.
     * @throws PortletContainerException  if fail to store preferences.
     */
    public void store(PortletWindow portletWindow,
                      PortletRequest request,
                      Map<String, InternalPortletPreference> preferences)
    throws PortletContainerException;

    /**
     * Returns the preferences validator instance for the given portlet
     * definition. If no preferences validator class is defined for the portlet
     * definition, null is returned. This method caches the validator instances
     * in the cache to ensure that only one validator instance is created per
     * portlet definition.
     * @param portletDefinition  the portlet definition.
     * @return the preferences validator if defined for the portlet definition.
     * @throw ValidatorException  if fail to instantiate validator instance.
     */    
    public PreferencesValidator getPreferencesValidator(PortletDefinition portletDefinition)
    throws ValidatorException;
    
}