Package javax.portlet

Interface PortalContext

  • public interface PortalContext
    The PortalContext interface gives the portlet the ability to retrieve information about the portal calling this portlet. The portlet can only read the PortalContext data.
    Version:
    $Revision: 5441 $
    Author:
    Julien Viet

    • Method Detail

      • getPortalInfo

        String getPortalInfo()
        Returns information about the portal like vendor, version, etc. The form of the returned string is servername/versionnumber. For example, the reference implementation Pluto may return the string Pluto/1.0. The portlet container may return other optional information after the primary string in parentheses, for example, Pluto/1.0 (JDK 1.3.1; Windows NT 4.0 x86).
        Returns:
        a String containing at least the portal name and version number

      • getProperty

        String getProperty​(String name)
        Returns the portal property with the given name, or a null if there is no property by that name.
        Parameters:
        name - property name
        Returns:
        portal property with key name
        Throws:
        IllegalArgumentException - if name is null.

      • getPropertyNames

        Enumeration getPropertyNames()
        Returns all portal property names, or an empty Enumeration if there are no property names.
        Returns:
        All portal property names as an Enumeration of String objects

      • getSupportedPortletModes

        Enumeration getSupportedPortletModes()
        Returns all supported portlet modes by the portal as an enumertation of PorltetMode objects. The portlet modes must at least include the standard portlet modes EDIT, HELP, VIEW.
        Returns:
        All supported portal modes by the portal as an enumertation of PorltetMode objects.

      • getSupportedWindowStates

        Enumeration getSupportedWindowStates()
        Returns all supported window states by the portal as an enumertation of WindowState objects. The window states must at least include the standard window states MINIMIZED, NORMAL, MAXIMIZED.
        Returns:
        All supported window states by the portal as an enumertation of WindowState objects.