1 /* 2 * File : $Source: /usr/local/cvs/opencms/src/org/opencms/loader/I_CmsResourceStringDumpLoader.java,v $ 3 * Date : $Date: 2006/03/27 14:52:37 $ 4 * Version: $Revision: 1.2 $ 5 * 6 * This library is part of OpenCms - 7 * the Open Source Content Mananagement System 8 * 9 * Copyright (C) 2002 - 2005 Alkacon Software (http://www.alkacon.com) 10 * 11 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or 12 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public 13 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either 14 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. 15 * 16 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 17 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 18 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 19 * Lesser General Public License for more details. 20 * 21 * For further information about Alkacon Software, please see the 22 * company website: http://www.alkacon.com 23 * 24 * For further information about OpenCms, please see the 25 * project website: http://www.opencms.org 26 * 27 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public 28 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software 29 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA 30 */ 31 32 package org.opencms.loader; 33 34 import org.opencms.file.CmsObject; 35 import org.opencms.file.CmsResource; 36 import org.opencms.main.CmsException; 37 38 import java.io.IOException; 39 import java.util.Locale; 40 41 import javax.servlet.ServletException; 42 import javax.servlet.ServletRequest; 43 import javax.servlet.ServletResponse; 44 45 /** 46 * Resource loaders that implement this method can easily provide the contents of a selected targe element as 47 * a String.<p> 48 * 49 * @author Alexander Kandzior 50 * 51 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $ 52 * 53 * @since 6.2.0 54 */ 55 public interface I_CmsResourceStringDumpLoader { 56 57 /** 58 * Dumps the processed content of the the requested file (and it's sub-elements) to a String.<p> 59 * 60 * This is a special form of <code>{@link I_CmsResourceLoader#dump(CmsObject, CmsResource, String, Locale, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)}</code> 61 * where the result is required in a String, for example for printing it to a writer.<p> 62 * 63 * @param cms used to access the OpenCms VFS 64 * @param resource the requested resource in the VFS 65 * @param element the element in the file to display 66 * @param locale the locale to display 67 * @param req the servlet request 68 * @param res the servlet response 69 * 70 * @return the content of the processed file as a String 71 * 72 * @throws ServletException might be thrown by the servlet environment 73 * @throws IOException might be thrown by the servlet environment 74 * @throws CmsException in case of errors acessing OpenCms functions 75 * 76 * @see I_CmsResourceLoader#dump(CmsObject, CmsResource, String, Locale, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse) 77 */ 78 String dumpAsString( 79 CmsObject cms, 80 CmsResource resource, 81 String element, 82 Locale locale, 83 ServletRequest req, 84 ServletResponse res) throws ServletException, IOException, CmsException; 85 }