net.sourceforge.pebble.web.view
Class View

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.pebble.web.view.View

Direct Known Subclasses:

BinaryView, ForbiddenView, ForwardView, JspView, NotFoundView, NotModifiedView, RedirectView

public abstract class View
extends java.lang.Object

Represents a view component and prepares the model for display.

Author:

Simon Brown

Constructor Summary

View()

Method Summary

abstract void	dispatch(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, ServletContext context) Dispatches this view.
abstract java.lang.String	getContentType() Gets the content type of this view.
Model	getModel() Gets the model.
ServletContext	getServletContext() Gets the ServletContext in which this view is operating.
void	prepare() Prepares the view for presentation.
void	setModel(Model model) Sets the model.
void	setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext) Gets the ServletContext in which this view is operating.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

View

public View()

Method Detail

getContentType

public abstract java.lang.String getContentType()

Gets the content type of this view.

Returns:

the content type as a String

getModel

public Model getModel()

Gets the model.

Returns:

a Model instance

setModel

public void setModel(Model model)

Sets the model.

Parameters:

model - a Model instance

getServletContext

public ServletContext getServletContext()

Gets the ServletContext in which this view is operating.

Returns:

a ServletContext instance

setServletContext

public void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext)

Gets the ServletContext in which this view is operating.

Parameters:

servletContext - a ServletContext instance

prepare

public void prepare()

Prepares the view for presentation.

dispatch

public abstract void dispatch(HttpServletRequest request,
                              HttpServletResponse response,
                              ServletContext context)
                       throws ServletException

Dispatches this view.

Parameters:

request - the HttpServletRequest instance

response - the HttpServletResponse instance

context - the ServletContext instance

Throws:

ServletException