org.apache.tiles.request
Interface DispatchRequest

All Superinterfaces:

Request

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClientRequest, AbstractRequest, AbstractViewRequest, DispatchRequestWrapper

public interface DispatchRequest
extends Request

Encapsulation of request information.

Version:

$Rev$ $Date$

Method Summary

void	dispatch(String path) Dispatches the request to a specified path.
void	include(String path) Includes the response from the specified URL in the current response output.
void	setContentType(String contentType) Sets the content type when rendering the result.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tiles.request.Request

getApplicationContext, getAvailableScopes, getContext, getHeader, getHeaderValues, getOutputStream, getParam, getParamValues, getPrintWriter, getRequestLocale, getResponseHeaders, getWriter, isResponseCommitted, isUserInRole

Method Detail

dispatch

void dispatch(String path)
              throws IOException

Dispatches the request to a specified path.

Parameters:

path - The path to dispatch to.

Throws:

IOException - If something goes wrong during dispatching.

include

void include(String path)
             throws IOException

Includes the response from the specified URL in the current response output.

Parameters:

path - The path to include.

Throws:

IOException - If something goes wrong during inclusion.

setContentType

void setContentType(String contentType)

Sets the content type when rendering the result.

Parameters:

contentType - The content type. It should follow the specifications from W3C about content types.