org.jboss.portal.portlet.container
Interface PortletApplicationContext

All Known Implementing Classes:

PortletApplicationContextImpl, PortletApplicationDeployment

public interface PortletApplicationContext

The context provided to a portlet application. For now it manages the application external resources such as the servlet context and the application classloader. It manages also the life cycle of the application and its components.

Version:

$Revision: 6733 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

java.lang.ClassLoader	getClassLoader() Return the classloader.
java.lang.String	getContextPath() Returns the context path of the web application
javax.servlet.ServletContext	getServletContext() Return the servlet context.
void	startPortletApplication() Start the portlet application and its components.
void	startPortletContainer(java.lang.String portletName) Start a portlet container.
void	stopPortletApplication() Stop the portlet application and its components.
void	stopPortletContainer(java.lang.String portletName) Stop a portlet container.

Method Detail

getServletContext

javax.servlet.ServletContext getServletContext()

Return the servlet context.

Returns:

the servlet context

getContextPath

java.lang.String getContextPath()

Returns the context path of the web application

Returns:

the context path

getClassLoader

java.lang.ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Return the classloader.

Returns:

the classloader

startPortletApplication

void startPortletApplication()
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Start the portlet application and its components.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

stopPortletApplication

void stopPortletApplication()

Stop the portlet application and its components.

startPortletContainer

void startPortletContainer(java.lang.String portletName)
                           throws java.lang.Exception

Start a portlet container.

Parameters:

portletName - the container name

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

stopPortletContainer

void stopPortletContainer(java.lang.String portletName)

Stop a portlet container.

Parameters:

portletName - the container name