com.ibm.portal.state
Interface RedirectURLGenerator

public interface RedirectURLGenerator

The Redirect URL Generator provides methods to create URLs pointing to pages or portlets.
The Redirect URLGenerator must be obtained once per action phase of a portlet and should not be stored.

Since:

5.1.0.1

See Also:

RedirectURLGeneratorFactoryService

Method Summary

com.ibm.portal.state.EngineURL	createPageURL(ObjectID pageID) Creates an url that points to the page referenced by the pageID.
com.ibm.portal.state.EngineURL	createPortletURL(ObjectID portletWindowID) Creates an url pointing to the portlet referenced by the portletWindowID.

Method Detail

createPageURL

com.ibm.portal.state.EngineURL createPageURL(ObjectID pageID)
                                             throws com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException

Creates an url that points to the page referenced by the pageID. When this method is used, the current navigational state is preserved.

Parameters:

pageID - The object id of the page. It is not allowed to pass null for this parameter.

Returns:

EngineURL The url.

Throws:

com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException - Thrown when an error occurs during the creation of the URL.

createPortletURL

com.ibm.portal.state.EngineURL createPortletURL(ObjectID portletWindowID)
                                                throws com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException

Creates an url pointing to the portlet referenced by the portletWindowID. The portlet automatically gets focus. By default, the newly generated url preserves current state.

Parameters:

portletWindowID - The object id of the portlet window. It is not allowed to pass null for this parameter.

Returns:

EngineURL The url.

Throws:

com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException - Thrown when an error occurs during the creation of the URL.