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org.apache.jetspeed.engine
Interface Engine

All Superinterfaces:

JetspeedEngineConstants

public interface Engine
extends JetspeedEngineConstants

Engine Abstraction - to run from both unit tests and servlet

Version:

$Id: Engine.java 187178 2004-08-02 19:00:15Z weaver $

Author:

David Sean Taylor

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.jetspeed.engine.JetspeedEngineConstants

APPLICATION_ROOT_DEFAULT, APPLICATION_ROOT_KEY, CONFIG_NAMESPACE, CONSOLE_LOGGER, DEFAULT_LOGGER, JETSPEED_PROPERTIES_DEFAULT, JETSPEED_PROPERTIES_KEY, JETSPEED_PROPERTIES_PATH_DEFAULT, JETSPEED_PROPERTIES_PATH_KEY, LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE, LOG4J_CONFIG_FILE_DEFAULT, LOGGING_ROOT, LOGGING_ROOT_DEFAULT, MAIL_SERVER_KEY, OVERRIDE_PROPERTIES, PIPELINE_CLASS, PIPELINE_DEFAULT, PIPELINE_DIRECTORY, SCHEDULER_LOG_FACILITY, SPRING_FILTER_KEY, SPRING_FILTER_KEY_DEFAULT, SPRING_FILTER_KEY_PROPERTIES, SPRING_FILTER_PROPERTIES, WEB_CONTEXT, WEBAPP_ROOT_KEY

Method Summary

ComponentManager	getComponentManager()
PortalContext	getContext() Get the Portal Context associated with running thread of the engine
RequestContext	getCurrentRequestContext() Returns the the RequestContext associated with the current thread.
Pipeline	getPipeline() Gets the engine's request default pipeline.
Pipeline	getPipeline(java.lang.String pipelineName) Gets the specified engine's request pipeline.
java.lang.String	getRealPath(java.lang.String path) Gets the real path to an application relative resource
javax.servlet.ServletConfig	getServletConfig() Get the servlet configuration if this engine is running under a servlet container.
void	service(RequestContext context) Makes a service request to the engine.
void	shutdown() Shuts down the Jetspeed engine and all associated services
void	start() Initializes the engine with a commons configuration, starting all early initable services.

Method Detail

start

void start()
           throws JetspeedException

Initializes the engine with a commons configuration, starting all early initable services.

Throws:

JetspeedException - when the engine fails to initilialize

shutdown

void shutdown()
              throws JetspeedException

Shuts down the Jetspeed engine and all associated services

Throws:

JetspeedException - when the engine fails to shutdown

service

void service(RequestContext context)
             throws JetspeedException

Makes a service request to the engine.

Parameters:

context - a RequestContext with the state of the request.

Throws:

JetspeedException - when the engine fails to initilialize

getPipeline

Pipeline getPipeline()

Gets the engine's request default pipeline.

Returns:

Pipeline The engine's request pipeline.

getPipeline

Pipeline getPipeline(java.lang.String pipelineName)

Gets the specified engine's request pipeline.

Returns:

Pipeline A specific request pipeline.

getContext

PortalContext getContext()

Get the Portal Context associated with running thread of the engine

Returns:

PortalContext associated with this engine's thread

getRealPath

java.lang.String getRealPath(java.lang.String path)

Gets the real path to an application relative resource

Parameters:

path - The application relative resource

Returns:

String The real path to that resource

getServletConfig

javax.servlet.ServletConfig getServletConfig()

Get the servlet configuration if this engine is running under a servlet container.

Returns:

config The servlet configuration

getCurrentRequestContext

RequestContext getCurrentRequestContext()

Returns the the RequestContext associated with the current thread. This can be accessed throught org.apache.jetspeed.Jetspeed environment class.

Returns:

RequestContext associated with the current thread.

getComponentManager

ComponentManager getComponentManager()