pluto-container-api/src/main/java/org/apache/pluto/container/PortletResponseContext.java

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package org.apache.pluto.container;

import javax.servlet.http.Cookie;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.w3c.dom.DOMException;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:ate@douma.nu">Ate Douma</a>
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface PortletResponseContext
{
    void init(HttpServletRequest servletRequest, HttpServletResponse servletResponse);
    PortletContainer getContainer();
    HttpServletRequest getContainerRequest();
    HttpServletResponse getContainerResponse();
    HttpServletRequest getServletRequest();
    HttpServletResponse getServletResponse();
    PortletWindow getPortletWindow();
    
    ResourceURLProvider getResourceURLProvider();
    void addProperty(Cookie cookie);
    void addProperty(String key, Element element);
    void addProperty(String key, String value);
    void setProperty(String key, String value);
    Element createElement(String tagName) throws DOMException;

    /**
     * Closing the response context means processing has been completed and
     * internal storage can be flushed and written out to the Portal.
     * It is not required for the Portal to do internal buffering, except for
     * the PortletEventResponseContext as the portlet spec explicitely states that
     * any changes during a processEvent should be ignored if an exception occurs,
     * in which case the portlet container should only call release() and not close().
     */
    void close();
    
    /**
     * Releasing the response context means its internal storage can be released as well.
     * If any outstanding changes have not been processed yet, those will be lost.
     */
    void release();
}