org.apache.tiles.request
Interface ApplicationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApplicationContextWrapper

public interface ApplicationContext

Defines a set of methods which tiles use to communicate to the tiles container and runtime environment. There is only one application context per container.

Version:

$Rev: 1306435 $ $Date: 2012-03-28 11:39:11 -0400 (Wed, 28 Mar 2012) $

Method Summary

Map<String,Object>	getApplicationScope() Returns a mutable Map that maps application scope attribute names to their values.
Object	getContext() Returns the original, technology-dependent, context.
Map<String,String>	getInitParams() Return an immutable Map that maps context application initialization parameters to their values.
ApplicationResource	getResource(ApplicationResource base, Locale locale) Return a localized version of an ApplicationResource.
ApplicationResource	getResource(String localePath) Return the application resource mapped to the specified path.
Collection<ApplicationResource>	getResources(String path) Return the application resources mapped to the specified path.

Method Detail

getContext

Object getContext()

Returns the original, technology-dependent, context.

Returns:

The original application context.

getApplicationScope

Map<String,Object> getApplicationScope()

Returns a mutable Map that maps application scope attribute names to their values.

Returns:

Map of key value pairs.

getInitParams

Map<String,String> getInitParams()

Return an immutable Map that maps context application initialization parameters to their values.

Returns:

initialization parameters

getResource

ApplicationResource getResource(String localePath)

Return the application resource mapped to the specified path.

Parameters:

localePath - path to the desired resource, including the Locale suffix.

Returns:

the first located resource which matches the given path or null if no such resource exists.

getResource

ApplicationResource getResource(ApplicationResource base,
                                Locale locale)

Return a localized version of an ApplicationResource.

Parameters:

base - the ApplicationResource.

locale - the desired Locale.

Returns:

the first located resource which matches the given path or null if no such resource exists.

getResources

Collection<ApplicationResource> getResources(String path)

Return the application resources mapped to the specified path.

Parameters:

path - to the desired resource.

Returns:

all resources which match the given path.