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org.apache.catalina.ssi
Interface SSIExternalResolver

All Known Implementing Classes:

SSIServletExternalResolver

public interface SSIExternalResolver

Interface used by SSIMediator to talk to the 'outside world' ( usually a servlet )

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $, $Date: 2004/08/26 21:39:40 $

Author:

Dan Sandberg

Method Summary

void	addVariableNames(java.util.Collection variableNames) Adds any external variables to the variableNames collection.
java.util.Date	getCurrentDate() Returns the current date.
long	getFileLastModified(java.lang.String path, boolean virtual)
long	getFileSize(java.lang.String path, boolean virtual)
java.lang.String	getFileText(java.lang.String path, boolean virtual)
java.lang.String	getVariableValue(java.lang.String name)
void	log(java.lang.String message, java.lang.Throwable throwable)
void	setVariableValue(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Set the named variable to the specified value.

Method Detail

addVariableNames

public void addVariableNames(java.util.Collection variableNames)

Adds any external variables to the variableNames collection.

Parameters:

variableNames - the collection to add to

getVariableValue

public java.lang.String getVariableValue(java.lang.String name)

setVariableValue

public void setVariableValue(java.lang.String name,
                             java.lang.String value)

Set the named variable to the specified value. If value is null, then the variable will be removed ( ie. a call to getVariableValue will return null )

Parameters:

name - of the variable

value - of the variable

getCurrentDate

public java.util.Date getCurrentDate()

Returns the current date. This is useful for putting the SSI stuff in a regression test. Since you can make the current date a constant, it makes testing easier since the output won't change.

Returns:

the data

getFileSize

public long getFileSize(java.lang.String path,
                        boolean virtual)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getFileLastModified

public long getFileLastModified(java.lang.String path,
                                boolean virtual)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getFileText

public java.lang.String getFileText(java.lang.String path,
                                    boolean virtual)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

log

public void log(java.lang.String message,
                java.lang.Throwable throwable)