portletcontextservice.java

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package org.apache.pluto.spi.optional;

import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;

import org.apache.pluto.PortletContainerException;
import org.apache.pluto.PortletWindow;
import org.apache.pluto.internal.InternalPortletConfig;
import org.apache.pluto.internal.InternalPortletContext;

/**
 * Interface defining the services used by both the Pluto Portal Driver
 * and the Pluto PortletServlet for registration and access to 
 * the PortletContexts and ClassLoader of registered Portlet Applications.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 * @version $Id: PortletContextService.java 709608 2008-10-31 23:59:59Z ate $
 *
 */
public interface PortletContextService
{
    /**
     * Retrieve all registered applications.  This list
     * will only contain those applications which have
     * been registered with the container.  Others may
     * or may not be available within the servers.
     *
     * @return iterator of all application descriptors.
     */
    Iterator<InternalPortletContext> getPortletContexts();

    /**
     * Retrieve the InternalPortletContext for the specified portlet application name
     *
     * @param applicationName portlet application name
     * @return portlet context or null if not registered
     */
    InternalPortletContext getPortletContext(String applicationName)
        throws PortletContainerException;

    /**
     * Retrieve the InternalPortletContext for the specified portlet window
     *
     * @param portletWindow portlet window
     * @return portlet context or null if not registered
     */
    InternalPortletContext getPortletContext(PortletWindow portletWindow)
        throws PortletContainerException;

    /**
     * Retrieve the portlet configuration for the specified portlet
     * @param applicationName portlet application name
     * @param portletName portlet name
     * @return portletconfig
     * @throws PortletContainerException if portlet or application unknown
     */
    InternalPortletConfig getPortletConfig(String applicationName, String portletName)
        throws PortletContainerException;

    /**
     * Retrieve the ClassLoader of the specified portlet application
     * @param applicationName portlet application name
     * @return classLoader
     */
    ClassLoader getClassLoader(String applicationName)
        throws PortletContainerException;
    
    /**
     * Register a portlet application
     * 
     * @param config
     * @return
     * @throws PortletContainerException
     */
    String register(ServletConfig config) throws PortletContainerException;
    
    /**
     * Unregister a portlet application
     * 
     * @param context
     */
    void unregister(InternalPortletContext context);
}