org.apache.tapestry.engine
Interface ISpecificationSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSpecificationSource

public interface ISpecificationSource

Defines access to component specifications.

Version:

$Id: ISpecificationSource.java 243791 2004-02-19 17:38:13Z hlship $

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

See Also:

IComponentSpecification

Method Summary

INamespace	getApplicationNamespace() Returns the INamespace for the application.
IComponentSpecification	getComponentSpecification(IResourceLocation specificationLocation) Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.
INamespace	getFrameworkNamespace() Returns the INamespace for the framework itself.
ILibrarySpecification	getLibrarySpecification(IResourceLocation specificationLocation) Returns a LibrarySpecification with the given path.
IComponentSpecification	getPageSpecification(IResourceLocation specificationLocation) Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.
void	reset() Invoked to have the source clear any internal cache.

Method Detail

getComponentSpecification

IComponentSpecification getComponentSpecification(IResourceLocation specificationLocation)

Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.

Parameters:

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

Throws:

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

Since:

2.2

getPageSpecification

IComponentSpecification getPageSpecification(IResourceLocation specificationLocation)

Retrieves a component specification, parsing it as necessary.

Parameters:

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

Throws:

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

Since:

2.2

reset

void reset()

Invoked to have the source clear any internal cache. This is most often used when debugging an application.

getLibrarySpecification

ILibrarySpecification getLibrarySpecification(IResourceLocation specificationLocation)

Returns a LibrarySpecification with the given path.

Parameters:

specificationLocation - the resource path of the specification to return

Throws:

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