org.apache.tiles.impl
Class BasicTilesContainer

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tiles.impl.BasicTilesContainer

All Implemented Interfaces:

TilesContainer

Direct Known Subclasses:

CachingTilesContainer, KeyedDefinitionsFactoryTilesContainer

public class BasicTilesContainer
extends Object
implements TilesContainer

Basic implementation of the tiles container interface. In most cases, this container will be customized by injecting customized services, not necessarily by override the container

Since:

2.0

Version:

$Rev: 619574 $ $Date: 2008-02-07 20:09:33 +0100 (Thu, 07 Feb 2008) $

Field Summary

static String

DEFINITIONS_CONFIG Constant representing the configuration parameter used to define the tiles definition resources.

Constructor Summary

BasicTilesContainer()

Method Summary

protected void	checkInit() Determine whether or not the container has been initialized.
void	endContext(Object... requestItems)
TilesApplicationContext	getApplicationContext() Returns the Tiles application context used by this container.
AttributeContext	getAttributeContext(Object... requestItems)
protected AttributeContext	getContext(TilesRequestContext tilesContext) Get attribute context from request.
TilesContextFactory	getContextFactory() Returns the context factory.
protected Stack<AttributeContext>	getContextStack(TilesRequestContext tilesContext) Returns the context stack.
protected Definition	getDefinition(String definitionName, TilesRequestContext request) Returns a definition specifying its name.
DefinitionsFactory	getDefinitionsFactory() Returns the definitions factory.
PreparerFactory	getPreparerFactory() Returns the preparer factory used by this container.
protected List<String>	getResourceNames(String resourceString) Parse the resourceString into a list of resource paths which can be loaded by the application context.
protected String	getResourceString() Derive the resource string from the initialization parameters.
protected String	getResourceString(Map<String,String> parms) Derive the resource string from the initialization parameters.
void	init(Map<String,String> initParameters) Initialize the Container with the given configuration.
protected void	initializeDefinitionsFactory(DefinitionsFactory definitionsFactory, String resourceString, Map<String,String> initParameters) Initializes a definitions factory.
boolean	isValidDefinition(String definitionName, Object... requestItems)
protected AttributeContext	popContext(TilesRequestContext tilesContext) Pops a context object out of the stack.
void	prepare(String preparer, Object... requestItems)
protected void	pushContext(AttributeContext context, TilesRequestContext tilesContext) Pushes a context object in the stack.
void	render(Attribute attr, Writer writer, Object... requestItems)
void	render(String definitionName, Object... requestItems)
void	setApplicationContext(TilesApplicationContext context) Sets the Tiles application context to use.
void	setContextFactory(TilesContextFactory contextFactory) Sets the context factory.
void	setDefinitionsFactory(DefinitionsFactory definitionsFactory) Set the definitions factory.
void	setPreparerFactory(PreparerFactory preparerFactory) Set the preparerInstance factory.
AttributeContext	startContext(Object... requestItems)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFINITIONS_CONFIG

public static final String DEFINITIONS_CONFIG

Constant representing the configuration parameter used to define the tiles definition resources.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

BasicTilesContainer

public BasicTilesContainer()

Method Detail

init

public void init(Map<String,String> initParameters)
          throws TilesException

Initialize the Container with the given configuration.

Specified by:

init in interface TilesContainer

Parameters:

initParameters - application context for this container

Throws:

TilesException - If something goes wrong during initialization.

startContext

public AttributeContext startContext(Object... requestItems)

Specified by:

startContext in interface TilesContainer

endContext

public void endContext(Object... requestItems)

Specified by:

endContext in interface TilesContainer

getApplicationContext

public TilesApplicationContext getApplicationContext()

Returns the Tiles application context used by this container.

Specified by:

getApplicationContext in interface TilesContainer

Returns:

the application context for this container.

setApplicationContext

public void setApplicationContext(TilesApplicationContext context)

Sets the Tiles application context to use.

Parameters:

context - The Tiles application context.

getAttributeContext

public AttributeContext getAttributeContext(Object... requestItems)

Specified by:

getAttributeContext in interface TilesContainer

getContextFactory

public TilesContextFactory getContextFactory()

Returns the context factory.

Returns:

The context factory.

setContextFactory

public void setContextFactory(TilesContextFactory contextFactory)

Sets the context factory.

Parameters:

contextFactory - The context factory.

getDefinitionsFactory

public DefinitionsFactory getDefinitionsFactory()

Returns the definitions factory.

Returns:

The definitions factory used by this container.

setDefinitionsFactory

public void setDefinitionsFactory(DefinitionsFactory definitionsFactory)

Set the definitions factory. This method first ensures that the container has not yet been initialized.

Parameters:

definitionsFactory - the definitions factory for this instance.

getPreparerFactory

public PreparerFactory getPreparerFactory()

Returns the preparer factory used by this container.

Returns:

return the preparerInstance factory used by this container.

setPreparerFactory

public void setPreparerFactory(PreparerFactory preparerFactory)

Set the preparerInstance factory. This method first ensures that the container has not yet been initialized.

Parameters:

preparerFactory - the preparerInstance factory for this conainer.

prepare

public void prepare(String preparer,
                    Object... requestItems)
             throws TilesException

Specified by:

prepare in interface TilesContainer

Throws:

TilesException

render

public void render(String definitionName,
                   Object... requestItems)
            throws TilesException

Specified by:

render in interface TilesContainer

Throws:

TilesException

render

public void render(Attribute attr,
                   Writer writer,
                   Object... requestItems)
            throws TilesException,
                   IOException

Specified by:

render in interface TilesContainer

Throws:

TilesException

IOException

isValidDefinition

public boolean isValidDefinition(String definitionName,
                                 Object... requestItems)

Specified by:

isValidDefinition in interface TilesContainer

getDefinition

protected Definition getDefinition(String definitionName,
                                   TilesRequestContext request)
                            throws DefinitionsFactoryException

Returns a definition specifying its name.

Parameters:

definitionName - The name of the definition to find.

request - The request context.

Returns:

The definition, if found.

Throws:

DefinitionsFactoryException - If the definitions factory throws an exception.

getResourceString

protected String getResourceString()

Derive the resource string from the initialization parameters. If no parameter DEFINITIONS_CONFIG is available, attempts to retrieve LEGACY_DEFINITIONS_CONFIG. If niether are available, returns "/WEB-INF/tiles.xml".

Returns:

resource string to be parsed.

getResourceString

protected String getResourceString(Map<String,String> parms)

Derive the resource string from the initialization parameters. If no parameter DEFINITIONS_CONFIG is available, attempts to retrieve LEGACY_DEFINITIONS_CONFIG. If niether are available, returns "/WEB-INF/tiles.xml".

Parameters:

parms - The initialization parameters.

Returns:

resource string to be parsed.

getResourceNames

protected List<String> getResourceNames(String resourceString)

Parse the resourceString into a list of resource paths which can be loaded by the application context.

Parameters:

resourceString - comma seperated resources

Returns:

parsed resources

checkInit

protected void checkInit()

Determine whether or not the container has been initialized. Utility method used for methods which can not be invoked after the container has been started.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the container has already been initialized.

initializeDefinitionsFactory

protected void initializeDefinitionsFactory(DefinitionsFactory definitionsFactory,
                                            String resourceString,
                                            Map<String,String> initParameters)
                                     throws TilesException

Initializes a definitions factory.

Parameters:

definitionsFactory - The factory to initialize.

resourceString - The string containing a comma-separated-list of resources.

initParameters - A map containing the initialization parameters.

Throws:

TilesException - If something goes wrong.

getContextStack

protected Stack<AttributeContext> getContextStack(TilesRequestContext tilesContext)

Returns the context stack.

Parameters:

tilesContext - The Tiles context object to use.

Returns:

The needed stack of contexts.

Since:

2.0.6

pushContext

protected void pushContext(AttributeContext context,
                           TilesRequestContext tilesContext)

Pushes a context object in the stack.

Parameters:

context - The context to push.

tilesContext - The Tiles context object to use.

Since:

2.0.6

popContext

protected AttributeContext popContext(TilesRequestContext tilesContext)

Pops a context object out of the stack.

Parameters:

tilesContext - The Tiles context object to use.

Returns:

The popped context object.

Since:

2.0.6

getContext

protected AttributeContext getContext(TilesRequestContext tilesContext)

Get attribute context from request.

Parameters:

tilesContext - current Tiles application context.

Returns:

BasicAttributeContext or null if context is not found or an jspException is present in the request.

Since:

2.0.6