Package org.sakaiproject.portal.api

Interface PortalService

  • public interface PortalService
    Portal Service acts as a focus for all Portal based activities, the service implementation should act as a holder to enable the varous webapps to communicate with one annother.
    Since:
    Sakai 2.4
    Version:
    $Rev$
    Author:
    ieb

    • Field Detail

      • PLACEMENT_ATTRIBUTE

        static final String PLACEMENT_ATTRIBUTE
        A portal request scope attribute that reprenset the placement id of the current request. It should be a string, and should be implimented where the request is portlet dispatched.

      • TOOL_PORTLET_CONTEXT_PATH

        static final String TOOL_PORTLET_CONTEXT_PATH
        this is the property in the tool config that defines the portlet context of tool. At the moment we assume that this is in the read-only properties of the tool, but there could be a generic tool placement that enabled any portlet to be mounted
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        Constant Field Values

      • TOOL_PORTLET_APP_NAME

        static final String TOOL_PORTLET_APP_NAME
        this is the property in the tool config that defines the name of the portlet application
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        Constant Field Values

      • TOOL_PORTLET_NAME

        static final String TOOL_PORTLET_NAME
        this is the property in the tool config that defines the name of the portlet
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        Constant Field Values

      • SAKAI_CONTROLLING_PORTAL

        static final String SAKAI_CONTROLLING_PORTAL
        this is the property in session to keep track of the current portal
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        Constant Field Values

      • SAKAI_PORTAL_ORIGINAL_SITEID

        static final String SAKAI_PORTAL_ORIGINAL_SITEID
        The Site ID that the user was originally trying to access when they hit the error.
        See Also:
        Constant Field Values

    • Method Detail

      • setResetState

        void setResetState​(String state)
        ste the state of the portal reset flag.
        Parameters:
        state -

      • encodeToolState

        Map<String,​String[]> encodeToolState​(String placementId,
                                           String URLstub)
        Returns a parameter map suitable for appending to a portal URL, representing that the URL state of a tool being shown with the specified placementId will be equal to the URLstub. URLstub may contain anchor state, which the portal implementation may honour if it is capable. The Map may also include the encoded state of other placements if they are being shown in the current render state.

      • decodeToolState

        String decodeToolState​(Map<String,​String[]> params,
                       String placementId)
        Inverts the operation of encodeToolState, and returns the URL stub which was supplied for the supplied placementId. Will return null if there was no special state registered.

      • getResetState

        String getResetState()
        get the state of the state of the portal reset flag
        Returns:

      • getStoredState

        StoredState getStoredState()
        get the StoredState object that is used to hold initial request state on direct access to a portlet state or on GET or POST that requires other initial actions.
        Returns:

      • isResetRequested

        boolean isResetRequested​(HttpServletRequest req)
        Was a reset requested
        Parameters:
        req -
        Returns:

      • setStoredState

        void setStoredState​(StoredState storedstate)
        set the StoredState of the request for later retrieval
        Parameters:
        storedstate -

      • isEnableDirect

        boolean isEnableDirect()
        Is the direct URL mechnism enabled in the configation file.
        Returns:

      • getResetStateParam

        String getResetStateParam()
        Get the parameter used to communicate reset state operations on the URL
        Returns:

      • newStoredState

        StoredState newStoredState​(String marker,
                           String replacement)
        Create a new Stored State
        Parameters:
        marker - the mark within the URL
        replacement - and the replacement text on restoration
        Returns:

      • getRegisteredApplications

        Iterator<PortletApplicationDescriptor> getRegisteredApplications()
        Get an Iterator of Portlet Application Descriptors from the whole of the application
        Returns:

      • getRenderEngine

        PortalRenderEngine getRenderEngine​(String context,
                                   HttpServletRequest request)
        get a render engine possibly based on the request
        Parameters:
        context - - the context from whcih to take the render engine.
        request -
        Returns:

      • addRenderEngine

        void addRenderEngine​(String context,
                     PortalRenderEngine vengine)
        add a render engine to the available render engines.
        Parameters:
        context - - the context to rengister the render engine in, as there may be more than one portal in a sakai instance, you need to register the render engine against a context. The context should match the context used by the portal to retrieve its render engine. This is dependant on the Portal implementation details.
        vengine - the render engine implementation to register with the portal service

      • removeRenderEngine

        void removeRenderEngine​(String context,
                        PortalRenderEngine vengine)
        remove a render engine from the avaialble render engines
        Parameters:
        context - - the context to deregister the render engine from, as there may be more than one portal in a sakai instance, you need to deregister the render engine from a context. The context should match the context used by the portal to retrieve its render engine. This is dependant on the Portal implementation details.
        vengine -

      • addHandler

        void addHandler​(Portal portal,
                PortalHandler handler)
        Add a PortalHandler to the portal Handler map for the named context.
        Parameters:
        portal -
        handler -

      • removeHandler

        void removeHandler​(Portal portal,
                   String urlFragment)
        Remove the Portal Handler identitied by the URL fragment associated with the portal Context
        Parameters:
        portal -
        urlFragment -

      • getHandlerMap

        Map<String,​PortalHandler> getHandlerMap​(Portal portal)
        Get the PortalHandler map for the portal Context.
        Parameters:
        portal -
        Returns:

      • removePortal

        void removePortal​(Portal portal)
        Add a portal to the portal service
        Parameters:
        portal -

      • addPortal

        void addPortal​(Portal portal)
        Remove a portal from the portal service this should perform all the necessary cleanup
        Parameters:
        portal -

      • getStylableService

        StyleAbleProvider getStylableService()
        Get the implimentation of the StylableService from the portal impl
        Returns:

      • addHandler

        void addHandler​(String portalContext,
                PortalHandler handler)
        Add a PortalHandler when you don't have a reference to the portal. Eg. If the portal handler is in a different servlet context to the portal.
        Parameters:
        portalContext - The context of the portal. Eg: charon.
        handler - The portal handler to add.
        See Also:
        removeHandler(String, String)

      • setContentHostingService

        void setContentHostingService​(ContentHostingService contentHostingService)
        Bean setter for Content Hosting dependency.
        Parameters:
        contentHostingService -

      • getContentHostingService

        ContentHostingService getContentHostingService()
        Bean getter for Content Hosting dependency.
        Returns:

      • getContentItemUrl

        String getContentItemUrl​(Site site)
        Retrieves the url for the ContentItem selector - if there are any to select
        Parameters:
        site - The site that is being rendered.
        Returns:
        The ContentItem selctor URL or null

      • getBrowserCollectionId

        String getBrowserCollectionId​(Placement placement)
        Retrieves the site collection ID for a placement for file browsing to an appropriate location. If this is null or cannot be found, the user's My Workspace resources are returned.
        Parameters:
        placement - The placement that is being rendered.
        Returns:
        The collection ID for the placement's context or current user's My Workspace.

      • setEditorRegistry

        void setEditorRegistry​(EditorRegistry editorRegistry)
        Bean setter for Editor Registry.
        Parameters:
        editorRegistry -

      • getEditorRegistry

        EditorRegistry getEditorRegistry()
        Bean getter for Editor Registry.
        Returns:

      • getActiveEditor

        Editor getActiveEditor()
        Retrieve the activated system-wide Editor.
        Returns:
        The active configured Editor instance.

      • getActiveEditor

        Editor getActiveEditor​(Placement placement)
        Retrieve the activated Editor, considering the tool Placement. This allows for site-specific editor selection by administrators via the wysiwyg.editor site property.
        Parameters:
        placement - The placement that is being rendered.
        Returns:
        The configured Editor instance for this placement.

      • getSkinPrefix

        String getSkinPrefix()
        Returns:
        the skin prefix. Will return empty string if no prefix is set.

      • getQuickLinksTitle

        String getQuickLinksTitle​(String siteSkin)
        Returns:
        the quick links title for display in the top navigation bar. Will return empty string if no title is set.

      • getQuickLinks

        List<Map> getQuickLinks​(String siteSkin)
        Returns:
        the quick links for display in the top navigation bar. Will return and empty List if no quick links are set.