| /* |
| * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| package org.apache.cocoon.selection; |
| |
| import org.apache.avalon.framework.component.Component; |
| import org.apache.avalon.framework.parameters.Parameters; |
| |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * @author <a href="mailto:Giacomo.Pati@pwr.ch">Giacomo Pati</a> |
| * @author <a href="mailto:leo.sutic">Leo Sutic</a> |
| * @version CVS $Id: Selector.java,v 1.2 2004/03/05 13:02:57 bdelacretaz Exp $ |
| */ |
| public interface Selector extends Component { |
| |
| String ROLE = Selector.class.getName(); |
| /** |
| * Selectors test pattern against some objects in a <code>Map</code> |
| * model and signals success with the returned boolean value |
| * @param expression The expression to test. |
| * @param objectModel The <code>Map</code> containing object of the |
| * calling environment which may be used |
| * to select values to test the expression. |
| * @param parameters The sitemap parameters, as specified by <parameter/> tags. |
| * @return boolean Signals successfull test. |
| */ |
| boolean select (String expression, Map objectModel, Parameters parameters); |
| } |
| |
| |