echopoint.template
Interface CompilationContext

public interface CompilationContext

This interface is used during the compilation of a template.

Method Summary

void	applyStyleSheet(java.io.Reader styleSheetInformation) This method will be called by the compilation mechanism if its recognizes style sheet information in the template.
Component	getComponent(java.lang.String componentName) Gets the Component with the specified contraint name
PropertyManager	getPropertyManager(java.lang.Class componentClazz) Returns a PropertyManager for a given Component class.
java.lang.Object	getStateAttribute(java.lang.Object key) Returns any state object that has been prevously set into the compilation context, or null if the state key cannot be found.
boolean	isComponentPropertiesSet() Returns true if the Component properties have already been set for the template
boolean	isLoudErrorsUsed() This returns true if "loud" error messages are to be used during template compilation.
boolean	isPropertiesUsed() Returns true if the Component properties will be set from the template tag attributes.
void	setComponentPropertiesSet(boolean flag) Called to set whether the Component properties have been set for the given template.
void	setPropertiesUsed(boolean flag) Sets whether the Component properties will be set from the template tag attributes.
void	setStateAttribute(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object value) Called to set some "arbitary" state attribute.

Method Detail

getComponent

Component getComponent(java.lang.String componentName)

Gets the Component with the specified contraint name

getPropertyManager

PropertyManager getPropertyManager(java.lang.Class componentClazz)

Returns a PropertyManager for a given Component class.

isComponentPropertiesSet

boolean isComponentPropertiesSet()

Returns true if the Component properties have already been set for the template

Returns:

boolean

setComponentPropertiesSet

void setComponentPropertiesSet(boolean flag)

Called to set whether the Component properties have been set for the given template. This is a call back method that will be invoked by template compilation code once Component properties are set the first time.

isPropertiesUsed

boolean isPropertiesUsed()

Returns true if the Component properties will be set from the template tag attributes.

Returns:

boolean

setPropertiesUsed

void setPropertiesUsed(boolean flag)

Sets whether the Component properties will be set from the template tag attributes.

isLoudErrorsUsed

boolean isLoudErrorsUsed()

This returns true if "loud" error messages are to be used during template compilation.

Returns:

true if lound error messages are to be displayed

setStateAttribute

void setStateAttribute(java.lang.Object key,
                       java.lang.Object value)

Called to set some "arbitary" state attribute. The implementation is expect to give this value back during a called to getStateAttribute() with the same key value. The backing object must be able to accept null as a key value (eg HashMap).

Parameters:

key - - the key of the state

value - - the value of the state

getStateAttribute

java.lang.Object getStateAttribute(java.lang.Object key)

Returns any state object that has been prevously set into the compilation context, or null if the state key cannot be found.

Parameters:

key - - the key of the state

Returns:

a value or null if it cant be found.

applyStyleSheet

void applyStyleSheet(java.io.Reader styleSheetInformation)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

This method will be called by the compilation mechanism if its recognizes style sheet information in the template.

The implementor can then apply the style sheet information in any way it sees fit.

Parameters:

styleSheetInformation - - a reader contain the style sheet information

Throws:

StyleSheetParseException - because it could be a problem

java.lang.Exception