Package com.ibm.portal.portlet.service

This package defines the IBM API for portlet services for portlets written to the Java Portlet API.

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Description

Interface Summary

PortletService	Common base interface for all portlet services.
PortletServiceHome	Interface for retrieving portlet services.

Exception Summary

PortletServiceInstantiationException	Exception that indicates that the portal was unable to instantiate an implementation for the requested portlet service.
PortletServiceInvalidInterfaceException	Exception that indicates that a PortletServiceHome object cannot provide an implementation for the requested interface.
PortletServiceUnavailableException	Exception that indicates that a requested portlet service is not available.

Package com.ibm.portal.portlet.service Description

This package defines the IBM API for portlet services for portlets written to the Java Portlet API.

Portlet services allow portlets to access common functionality that is supported by the portal environment but is not covered by the Java Portlet API. Portlets can retrieve a service for a specific API and then invoke methods of that API.

This package defines the interfaces that are necessary for portlets to retrieve portlet services. Each portlet service specifies an individual interface that defines how the portlet can then interact with the service.

This API is an IBM extension of the Java Portlet API and may be superseded in the future by a common standard.