org.apache.turbine.services.template
Interface TemplateEngineService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseTemplateEngineService

public interface TemplateEngineService

This is the interface that all template engine services must adhere to. This includes the Velocity, WebMacro, FreeMarker, and JSP services.

Version:

$Id: TemplateEngineService.java 534527 2007-05-02 16:10:59Z tv $

Author:

Jason van Zyl, Daniel Rall

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_ERROR_SCREEN
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_LAYOUT
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_LAYOUT_TEMPLATE
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_NAVIGATION
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_NAVIGATION_TEMPLATE
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_PAGE
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_SCREEN
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_SCREEN_TEMPLATE
static java.lang.String	DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EXTENSION
static java.lang.String	TEMPLATE_EXTENSIONS

Method Summary

java.lang.String[]	getAssociatedFileExtensions() Supplies the file extension to key this engine in TemplateService's registry with.
java.util.Hashtable	getTemplateEngineServiceConfiguration() Return the configuration of the template engine in the form of a Hashtable.
void	registerConfiguration(java.lang.String defaultExt) Initializes file extension associations and registers with the template service.
boolean	templateExists(java.lang.String template) Use the specific template engine to determine whether a given template exists.

Field Detail

TEMPLATE_EXTENSIONS

public static final java.lang.String TEMPLATE_EXTENSIONS

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EXTENSION

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_TEMPLATE_EXTENSION

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_PAGE

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_PAGE

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_SCREEN

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_SCREEN

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DEFAULT_LAYOUT

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_LAYOUT

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DEFAULT_NAVIGATION

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_NAVIGATION

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DEFAULT_ERROR_SCREEN

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_ERROR_SCREEN

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DEFAULT_LAYOUT_TEMPLATE

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_LAYOUT_TEMPLATE

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DEFAULT_SCREEN_TEMPLATE

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_SCREEN_TEMPLATE

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DEFAULT_NAVIGATION_TEMPLATE

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_NAVIGATION_TEMPLATE

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Method Detail

getTemplateEngineServiceConfiguration

public java.util.Hashtable getTemplateEngineServiceConfiguration()

Return the configuration of the template engine in the form of a Hashtable.

registerConfiguration

public void registerConfiguration(java.lang.String defaultExt)

Initializes file extension associations and registers with the template service.

Parameters:

defaultExt - The default file extension association to use in case of properties file misconfiguration.

getAssociatedFileExtensions

public java.lang.String[] getAssociatedFileExtensions()

Supplies the file extension to key this engine in TemplateService's registry with.

templateExists

public boolean templateExists(java.lang.String template)

Use the specific template engine to determine whether a given template exists. This allows Turbine the TemplateService to delegate the search for a template to the template engine being used for the view. This gives us the advantage of fully utilizing the capabilities of template engine with respect to retrieving templates from arbitrary sources.

Parameters:

template - The name of the template to check the existance of.

Returns:

Whether the specified template exists.