Package org.sakaiproject.portal.api

Interface PortalHandler

public interface PortalHandler

Tools that want to add handlers into the portal URL space may impliment this interface. The once injected into the portal the portal will invoke the register and deregister methods as part of the life cycle.

Since:

Sakai 2.4

Version:

$Rev$

Author:

ieb

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	ABORT	Return codes, stop processing immediately
static int	END	Stop processing
static int	NEXT	try next handler
static int	RESET_DONE	stop processing and mark reset as done

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	deregister(Portal portal)	deregister the the portal, invoked by the portal
int	doGet(String[] parts, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, Session session)	Perform a get, the method should inspect parts[] and other parameters to determin if it should perform the operation, returning one of the above codes
int	doPost(String[] parts, HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res, Session session)	perform a post but only accept it the handler accepts a post.
String	getUrlFragment()	get the fragment of the URL that represents part[1] and is used to register the handler in the portal.
void	register(Portal portal, PortalService portalService, ServletContext servletContext)	register this handler with the portal, invoked by the portal

Field Detail

ABORT

static final int ABORT

Return codes, stop processing immediately

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END

static final int END

Stop processing

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NEXT

static final int NEXT

try next handler

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RESET_DONE

static final int RESET_DONE

stop processing and mark reset as done

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Method Detail

doGet

int doGet(String[] parts,
          HttpServletRequest req,
          HttpServletResponse res,
          Session session)
   throws PortalHandlerException

Perform a get, the method should inspect parts[] and other parameters to determin if it should perform the operation, returning one of the above codes

Parameters:

parts -

req -

res -

session -

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

ServletException

ToolHandlerException

PortalHandlerException

getUrlFragment

String getUrlFragment()

get the fragment of the URL that represents part[1] and is used to register the handler in the portal.

Returns:

deregister

void deregister(Portal portal)

deregister the the portal, invoked by the portal

Parameters:

portal -

register

void register(Portal portal,
              PortalService portalService,
              ServletContext servletContext)

register this handler with the portal, invoked by the portal

Parameters:

portal -

portalService -

servletContext -

doPost

int doPost(String[] parts,
           HttpServletRequest req,
           HttpServletResponse res,
           Session session)
    throws PortalHandlerException

perform a post but only accept it the handler accepts a post.

Parameters:

parts -

req -

res -

session -

Returns:

Throws:

PortalHandlerException