com.ibm.portal.state.accessors.portlet
Interface SharedStateIdentifierProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:
SharedStateAccessor, SharedStateAccessorController

public interface SharedStateIdentifierProvider

Interface for obtaining the identifier for shared state (or shared parameters). A shared state identifier can be used to access a specific shared state, i. e. a shared state identifier represents the sharing scope of the information provided by shared state. An example for scoping the shared state could be meta data on a page that is used to share navigational state information between all portlets on this page.

See Also:
for a shared state identifier that allows sharing of navigational state information in a portal wide scope.

Method Summary
 java.lang.String getIdentifier()
          Returns the identifier (aka shared state id).
 

Method Detail

getIdentifier

java.lang.String getIdentifier()
Returns the identifier (aka shared state id). The identifier can be an arbitrary String.

Returns:
the shared state id.