PortletApplicationContext (GateIn - Portlet Container (pc) 6.3.0-RC04 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

PortletApplicationContextImpl
```
public interface PortletApplicationContext
```
The context provided to a portlet application by its envronment. For now it manages the application external resources such as the servlet context and the application classloader. It manages also the life cycle of the application and its components.

Version:

$Revision: 6733 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ClassLoader`	`getClassLoader()`	Return the classloader.
`String`	`getContextPath()`	Returns the context path of the web application
`javax.servlet.ServletContext`	`getServletContext()`	Return the servlet context.
`void`	`managedStart()`	Attempt to start the portlet application.
`void`	`managedStop()`	Stop the portlet application.

- Method Detail
  - getServletContext
```
javax.servlet.ServletContext getServletContext()
```
    Return the servlet context.
    
    Returns:
    
    the servlet context
  - getContextPath
```
String getContextPath()
```
    Returns the context path of the web application
    
    Returns:
    
    the context path
  - getClassLoader
```
ClassLoader getClassLoader()
```
    Return the classloader.
    
    Returns:
    
    the classloader
  - managedStart
```
void managedStart()
```
    Attempt to start the portlet application.
  - managedStop
```
void managedStop()
```
    Stop the portlet application.