org.sakaiproject.entitybroker.entityprovider
Interface EntityProviderMethodStore

public interface EntityProviderMethodStore

This is the interface for handling storage of methods (related to custom actions and the like), this is for internal usage only and should not be accessed or used by other developers

Author:

Aaron Zeckoski (azeckoski @ gmail.com)

Method Summary

void	addCustomAction(String prefix, CustomAction customAction) Add a custom action for a prefix
void	addURLRedirects(String prefix, URLRedirect[] redirects) Add all URL redirects to the following prefix, maintains any existing ones
CustomAction[]	findCustomActions(EntityProvider entityProvider, boolean ignoreFailures) Get all the custom actions that can be found
URLRedirect[]	findURLRedirectMethods(EntityProvider entityProvider) Looks for redirect methods in the given entity provider
CustomAction	getCustomAction(String prefix, String action) Get the CustomAction for a prefix and action if it exists
List<CustomAction>	getCustomActions(String prefix) Gets the list of all custom actions for a prefix
List<URLRedirect>	getURLRedirects(String prefix) Get the list of all redirects for this prefix
void	removeCustomActions(String prefix) Remove any custom actions that are set for this prefix
void	removeURLRedirects(String prefix) Remove any and all redirects for this prefix
void	setCustomActions(String prefix, Map<String,CustomAction> actions) Set the custom actions for this prefix

Method Detail

findCustomActions

CustomAction[] findCustomActions(EntityProvider entityProvider,
                                 boolean ignoreFailures)

Get all the custom actions that can be found

Parameters:

entityProvider - the provider to search for custom actions

ignoreFailures - if true then will not throw exceptions if methods are not found

Returns:

the array of CustomAction objects which are found

setCustomActions

void setCustomActions(String prefix,
                      Map<String,CustomAction> actions)

Set the custom actions for this prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

actions - a map of action -> CustomAction

addCustomAction

void addCustomAction(String prefix,
                     CustomAction customAction)

Add a custom action for a prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

customAction - the custom action to add

removeCustomActions

void removeCustomActions(String prefix)

Remove any custom actions that are set for this prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

getCustomActions

List<CustomAction> getCustomActions(String prefix)

Gets the list of all custom actions for a prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

Returns:

a list of CustomActions for this prefix, empty if there are none

getCustomAction

CustomAction getCustomAction(String prefix,
                             String action)

Get the CustomAction for a prefix and action if it exists

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

action - an action key

Returns:

the custom action OR null if none found

findURLRedirectMethods

URLRedirect[] findURLRedirectMethods(EntityProvider entityProvider)

Looks for redirect methods in the given entity provider

Parameters:

entityProvider - an entity provider

Returns:

an array of redirect objects

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the methods are setup incorrectly

addURLRedirects

void addURLRedirects(String prefix,
                     URLRedirect[] redirects)

Add all URL redirects to the following prefix, maintains any existing ones

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

redirects - an array of redirects

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if any of the URL redirects are invalid

removeURLRedirects

void removeURLRedirects(String prefix)

Remove any and all redirects for this prefix

Parameters:

prefix - an entity prefix

getURLRedirects

List<URLRedirect> getURLRedirects(String prefix)

Get the list of all redirects for this prefix

Parameters:

prefix - the entity prefix

Returns:

a list of url redirects, may be empty if there are none