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org.apache.jetspeed.services.portaltoolkit
Interface PortalToolkitService

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.turbine.services.Initable, org.apache.turbine.services.Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

JetspeedPortalToolkitService

public interface PortalToolkitService

extends org.apache.turbine.services.Service

This service is a Factory for creating new Portal objects from named Registry entries or PSML configuration entries. It handles all the portal specific objects except Portlet which are handled by a separate PortletFactory service

Version:

$Id: PortalToolkitService.java,v 1.6 2005/03/21 18:21:43 sgala Exp $

Author:

Raphaël Luta

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

SERVICE_NAME The default control to use when none is specified

Method Summary

PortletControl	getControl(Control control) Instanciates a PortletControl based on a PSML Control object
PortletControl	getControl(java.lang.String name) Instanciates a PortletControl based on a Registry entry, if available or directly from a classname.
PortletController	getController(Controller controller) Instanciates a PortletController based on a PSML Controller object
PortletController	getController(java.lang.String name) Instanciates a PortletController based on a Registry entry, if available or directly from a classname.
SecurityReference	getDefaultSecurityRef(Profile profile) Gets default security ref based on the profile type (user|role|group).
SecurityReference	getDefaultSecurityRef(java.lang.String type) Gets default security ref based on the profile type (user|role|group).
Portlets	getReference(java.lang.String locatorPath) Given a locator String path, returns a Portlets collecton
PortletSet	getSet(Portlets portlets) Creates a PortletSet from a PSML portlets description
PortletSkin	getSkin(Skin skin) Create a PortletSkin object based on PSML skin description
PortletSkin	getSkin(java.lang.String name) Create a PortletSkin object based on a Registry entry if available

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.turbine.services.Service

getConfiguration, getName, getProperties, setName, setServiceBroker

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.turbine.services.Initable

getInit, init, init, setInitableBroker, shutdown

Field Detail

SERVICE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String SERVICE_NAME

The default control to use when none is specified

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getControl

public PortletControl getControl(java.lang.String name)

Instanciates a PortletControl based on a Registry entry, if available or directly from a classname.

Parameters:

name - a PortletControl name available in the registry or a classname

Returns:

the created PortletControl

getControl

public PortletControl getControl(Control control)

Instanciates a PortletControl based on a PSML Control object

Parameters:

control - the PSML control object

Returns:

the created PortletControl

getController

public PortletController getController(java.lang.String name)

Instanciates a PortletController based on a Registry entry, if available or directly from a classname.

Parameters:

name - a PortletController name available in the registry or a classname

Returns:

the created PortletController

getController

public PortletController getController(Controller controller)

Instanciates a PortletController based on a PSML Controller object

Returns:

the created PortletController

getSkin

public PortletSkin getSkin(java.lang.String name)

Create a PortletSkin object based on a Registry entry if available

Parameters:

name - the skin name in the Registry

Returns:

the new PortletSkin object

getSkin

public PortletSkin getSkin(Skin skin)

Create a PortletSkin object based on PSML skin description

Parameters:

skin - the PSML Skin object

Returns:

the new PortletSkin object

getSet

public PortletSet getSet(Portlets portlets)

Creates a PortletSet from a PSML portlets description

Parameters:

portlets - the PSML portlet set description

Returns:

a new instance of PortletSet

getReference

public Portlets getReference(java.lang.String locatorPath)

Given a locator String path, returns a Portlets collecton

Parameters:

locatorPath - ProfileLocator resource path identifier

Returns:

a portlets collection from the PSML resource

getDefaultSecurityRef

public SecurityReference getDefaultSecurityRef(Profile profile)

Gets default security ref based on the profile type (user|role|group). Returns null if no default is defined.

Parameters:

profile -

Returns:

default security reference

getDefaultSecurityRef

public SecurityReference getDefaultSecurityRef(java.lang.String type)

Gets default security ref based on the profile type (user|role|group). Returns null if no default is defined.

Parameters:

type - of entity to return default security ref for

Returns:

default security reference