org.apache.tapestry.engine

Interface ISpecificationSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpecificationSourceImpl

public interface ISpecificationSource

Defines access to component specifications.

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

See Also:

IComponentSpecification

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
INamespace	getApplicationNamespace() Returns the INamespace for the application.
IComponentSpecification	getComponentSpecification(org.apache.hivemind.Resource specificationLocation) Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.
INamespace	getFrameworkNamespace() Returns the INamespace for the framework itself.
ILibrarySpecification	getLibrarySpecification(org.apache.hivemind.Resource specificationLocation) Returns a LibrarySpecification with the given path.
IComponentSpecification	getPageSpecification(org.apache.hivemind.Resource specificationLocation) Retrieves a page specification, parsing it as necessary.

Method Detail

getComponentSpecification

IComponentSpecification getComponentSpecification(org.apache.hivemind.Resource specificationLocation)

Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.

Parameters:

specificationLocation - the location where the specification may be read from.

Throws:

org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException - if the specification doesn't exist, is unreadable or invalid.

Since:

2.2

getPageSpecification

IComponentSpecification getPageSpecification(org.apache.hivemind.Resource specificationLocation)

Retrieves a page specification, parsing it as necessary.

Parameters:

specificationLocation - the location where the specification may be read from.

Throws:

org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException - if the specification doesn't exist, is unreadable or invalid.

Since:

2.2

getLibrarySpecification

ILibrarySpecification getLibrarySpecification(org.apache.hivemind.Resource specificationLocation)

Returns a LibrarySpecification with the given path.

Parameters:

specificationLocation - the resource path of the specification to return

Throws:

org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException - if the specification cannot be read

Since:

2.2

getApplicationNamespace

INamespace getApplicationNamespace()

Returns the INamespace for the application.

Since:

2.2

getFrameworkNamespace

INamespace getFrameworkNamespace()

Returns the INamespace for the framework itself.

Since:

2.2