com.ibm.portal.portlet
Interface CommonPortletModelController

All Superinterfaces:

Controller, LocatorProvider<Identifiable>, ModelController<Identifiable,ModifiableIdentifiable>

All Known Subinterfaces:

AdminPortletModelController, PortletModelController

public interface CommonPortletModelController
extends ModelController<Identifiable,ModifiableIdentifiable>, LocatorProvider<Identifiable>

A common interface for controllers that operate on the PortletModel or com.ibm.portal.portletmodel.AdminPortletModel.

Since:

7.0.0

Method Summary

boolean	confirmDelete(Identifiable aNode) Indicates if the specified node may be deleted from the model.
ModifiableIdentifiable	create(java.lang.Class aNodeClass, CreationContext aContext) Creates a modifiable node and inserts it into the model.
void	delete(Identifiable aNode) Deletes a node from the model.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.ModelController

confirmCreate, confirmGetModifiableNode, getModifiableNode, resolve

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.LocatorProvider

getLocator

Method Detail

create

ModifiableIdentifiable create(java.lang.Class aNodeClass,
                              CreationContext aContext)
                              throws CannotInstantiateModifiableNodeException

Creates a modifiable node and inserts it into the model.

Specified by:

create in interface ModelController<Identifiable,ModifiableIdentifiable>

Parameters:

aNodeClass - interface class of node to insert

aContext - a context specifying information about the node to create, may be null

Returns:

a modifiable node;

Throws:

CannotInstantiateModifiableNodeException - in case the modifiable node cannot be instantiated

delete

void delete(Identifiable aNode)
            throws ObjectNotFoundException,
                   CannotDeleteNodeException

Deletes a node from the model. All its children are deleted as well.

Parameters:

aNode - the node to delete from the model.

Throws:

ObjectNotFoundException - in case the node cannot be found

CannotDeleteNodeException - in case the node cannot be deleted

confirmDelete

boolean confirmDelete(Identifiable aNode)
                      throws ObjectNotFoundException

Indicates if the specified node may be deleted from the model.

Parameters:

aNode - node to affirm deletion for.

Returns:

true if the node can be deleted, false otherwise

Throws:

ObjectNotFoundException - in case the node cannot be found