com.ibm.portal.theme.plugin
Interface ThemeItem

All Superinterfaces:

com.ibm.portal.ActiveFlag, org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtension, Localized, ThemeContent

All Known Subinterfaces:

ThemeLinkItem, ThemeTextItem

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultThemeContent, DefaultThemeItem, DefaultThemeLinkItem, DefaultThemeTextItem

public interface ThemeItem
extends ThemeContent

A ThemeItem is a theme contribution which defines its data and delegates rendering to the theme JSP. The alternative to ThemeItem is ThemeInclude, which is responsible for its own rendering.

Since:

6.0

Note:

This interface is designed to be implemented by clients.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getTooltip(java.util.Locale locale) Returns the tooltip text for the current locale.
com.ibm.portal.state.DisposableURL	newIconURL(com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.url.PortalResources.State state) Returns the URL for the associated icon.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.theme.plugin.ThemeContent

getOrdinal, init

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.ActiveFlag

isActive

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.core.runtime.IExecutableExtension

setInitializationData

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.Localized

getDescription, getLocales, getTitle

Method Detail

newIconURL

com.ibm.portal.state.DisposableURL newIconURL(com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.url.PortalResources.State state)
                                              throws com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException

Returns the URL for the associated icon. If the URL cannot be created or does not exist, a null value is returned.

Parameters:

state - the icon state

Returns:

the URL or null if the URL cannot be created

Throws:

com.ibm.portal.state.exceptions.StateException - if an error occurs creating the URL

getTooltip

java.lang.String getTooltip(java.util.Locale locale)

Returns the tooltip text for the current locale. Returns null if the tooltip text doesn't exist for the specified locale or if an error occurs.

Parameters:

locale - the current locale

Returns:

the tooltip text or null