com.ibm.portal.content
Interface RenderAspect

All Superinterfaces:
Identifiable
All Known Subinterfaces:
LayoutContainer, LayoutControl, LayoutNode, ModifiableLayoutContainer, ModifiableLayoutControl, ModifiableLayoutNode, ModifiableRenderAspect

public interface RenderAspect
extends Identifiable

This interface represents aspects important for rendering elements of the containment model. It provides the skin of an element and the template name that is used as a key for lookup of the component that renders this element.

Since:
5.1.0.1

Method Summary
 Skin getSkin()
          Returns the skin of this resource.If no skin was set null is returned.
 java.lang.String getTemplateName()
          Returns the name of the template used to render this element.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.Identifiable
getObjectID
 

Method Detail

getSkin

Skin getSkin()
Returns the skin of this resource.If no skin was set null is returned.

Returns:
the skin set for this resource; may return null

getTemplateName

java.lang.String getTemplateName()
Returns the name of the template used to render this element. Template names indicate the type of node being rendered, such as "Control" or "UnlayeredContainer".

Returns:
the name of the template.