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package org.apache.tapestry;
/**
* Defines a page which may be referenced externally via a URL using the
* {@link org.apache.tapestry.engine.ExternalService}. External pages may be bookmarked
* via their URL for latter display. See the
* {@link org.apache.tapestry.link.ExternalLink} for details on how to invoke
* <tt>IExternalPage</tt>s.
*
* @see org.apache.tapestry.callback.ExternalCallback
* @see org.apache.tapestry.engine.ExternalService
*
* @author Howard Lewis Ship
* @author Malcolm Edgar
* @version $Id$
* @since 2.2
**/
public interface IExternalPage extends IPage
{
/**
* Initialize the external page with the given array of parameters and
* request cycle.
* <p>
* This method is invoked after {@link IPage#validate(IRequestCycle)}.
*
* @param parameters the array of page parameters
* @param cycle current request cycle
*
**/
public void activateExternalPage(Object[] parameters, IRequestCycle cycle);
}