org.apache.wicket
Interface IPageFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPageFactory

public interface IPageFactory

A factory class that creates Pages. A Page can be created by Class, with or without a PageParameters argument to pass to the Page's constructor.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Implementations must let subclasses of ResetResponseException thrown from the constructing page's constructor bubble up.

Author:

Juergen Donnerstag, Jonathan Locke

See Also:

ISessionSettings.setPageFactory(IPageFactory), Session.getPageFactory()

Method Summary

<C extends IRequestablePage> IRequestablePage	newPage(Class<C> pageClass) Creates a new page using a page class.
<C extends IRequestablePage> IRequestablePage	newPage(Class<C> pageClass, PageParameters parameters) Creates a new Page, passing PageParameters to the Page constructor if such a constructor exists.

Method Detail

newPage

<C extends IRequestablePage> IRequestablePage newPage(Class<C> pageClass)

Creates a new page using a page class.

Type Parameters:

C -

Parameters:

pageClass - The page class to instantiate

Returns:

The page

Throws:

WicketRuntimeException - Thrown if the page cannot be constructed

newPage

<C extends IRequestablePage> IRequestablePage newPage(Class<C> pageClass,
                                                      PageParameters parameters)

Creates a new Page, passing PageParameters to the Page constructor if such a constructor exists. If no such constructor exists and the parameters argument is null or empty, then any available default constructor will be used.

Type Parameters:

C -

Parameters:

pageClass - The class of Page to create

parameters - Any parameters to pass to the Page's constructor

Returns:

The new page

Throws:

WicketRuntimeException - Thrown if the page cannot be constructed