com.ibm.portal.pcm.dialog.state
Interface DialogStepDisplayStrategyProvider

public interface DialogStepDisplayStrategyProvider

This interface allows do provide a tree of next steps based on a given dialog step that is currently executed. NOTE: This API may only be used in the scope of an HTTP request in WebSphere Portal, i.e. within a theme. The API can not be invoked directly by a custom servlet.

Since:

8.0.0

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	ATTR_CLASS name of the class attribute used for instantiation
static java.lang.String	ATTR_WEIGHT name of the weight attribute used for instantiation
static java.lang.String	EXTENSION_POINT_ID ID of the extension point

Method Summary

<T extends DialogStep> DialogStepDisplayStrategy<T>

getDialogStepStrategy(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Method for retrieving a request aware DialogStepDisplayStrategy.

Field Detail

EXTENSION_POINT_ID

static final java.lang.String EXTENSION_POINT_ID

ID of the extension point

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_CLASS

static final java.lang.String ATTR_CLASS

name of the class attribute used for instantiation

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_WEIGHT

static final java.lang.String ATTR_WEIGHT

name of the weight attribute used for instantiation

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getDialogStepStrategy

<T extends DialogStep> DialogStepDisplayStrategy<T> getDialogStepStrategy(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                                                                          javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)

Method for retrieving a request aware DialogStepDisplayStrategy. The parameters may be used to let the returned strategy react on current state information.

Parameters:

request -

response -

Returns:

a DialogStepDisplayStrategy valid in the course of this request invocation