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1 | // Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation |
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2 | // |
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3 | // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
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4 | // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
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5 | // You may obtain a copy of the License at |
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6 | // |
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7 | // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
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8 | // |
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9 | // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
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10 | // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
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11 | // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
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12 | // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
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13 | // limitations under the License. |
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15 | package org.apache.tapestry.services; |
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17 | import java.util.Locale; |
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19 | import org.apache.tapestry.IComponent; |
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20 | import org.apache.tapestry.INamespace; |
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22 | /** |
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23 | * Encapsulates the logic for searching for component meta-data. Deployed as service |
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24 | * tapestry.props.ComponentPropertySource. |
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25 | * <p> |
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26 | * TODO: Adjust name, since it now provides access to namespace properties as well as component |
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27 | * properties. |
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28 | * |
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29 | * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship |
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30 | * @since 4.0 |
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31 | */ |
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32 | public interface ComponentPropertySource |
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33 | { |
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34 | /** |
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35 | * Returns the property value for a particular named meta-data property of the component. The |
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36 | * search order is: |
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37 | * <ul> |
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38 | * <li>The component's specification</li> |
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39 | * <li>The specification of the application (or the library containing the component).</li> |
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40 | * <li>The chain of global property sources.</li> |
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41 | * </ul> |
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42 | * |
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43 | * @return the value of the given key, or null if not found. |
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44 | */ |
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46 | String getComponentProperty(IComponent component, String propertyName); |
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48 | /** |
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49 | * Like {@link #getComponentProperty(IComponent, String)}, but the property name will be |
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50 | * localized to the component's current locale (determined from its page). Localizing the |
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51 | * property name means that a suffix may be appended to it. If the fully localized name is not |
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52 | * found, then the locale is generalized (i.e., from "en_UK" to "en" to nothing) until a match |
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53 | * is found. |
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54 | * |
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55 | * @return the value of the given property name, or null if not found. |
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56 | */ |
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57 | String getLocalizedComponentProperty(IComponent component, Locale locale, String propertyName); |
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59 | /** |
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60 | * Returns the property value for a particular named meta-data property of the namespace. The |
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61 | * search order is: |
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62 | * <ul> |
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63 | * <li>The library or application specification for the namespace.</li> |
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64 | * <li>The chain of global property sources.</li> |
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65 | * </ul> |
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66 | * |
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67 | * @return the value of the given key, or null if not found. |
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68 | */ |
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70 | String getNamespaceProperty(INamespace namespace, String propertyName); |
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72 | /** |
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73 | * As with {@link #getLocalizedComponentProperty(IComponent, Locale, String)}, but with a |
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74 | * {@link INamespace}. |
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75 | */ |
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77 | String getLocalizedNamespaceProperty(INamespace namespace, Locale locale, String propertyName); |
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78 | } |