com.communote.server.widgets

Interface WidgetFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExtendableWidgetFactory, SimpleWidgetFactory

public interface WidgetFactory

Factory for creating a Widget instance for a given widget group name and widget type name. Additionally the current request parameters can be evaluated to create a suitable widget.

Author:

Communote GmbH - http://www.communote.com/

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Widget	createWidget(String widgetGroupName, String widgetName, Map<String,String[]> requestParameters) Create a new widget instance that should handle the current widget request.

Method Detail

createWidget

Widget createWidget(String widgetGroupName,
                    String widgetName,
                    Map<String,String[]> requestParameters)
             throws WidgetCreationException

Create a new widget instance that should handle the current widget request.

Parameters:

widgetGroupName - the group of the widget

widgetName - the name of the widget

requestParameters - the request parameters of the current request

Returns:

the new widget instance

Throws:

WidgetCreationException - in case the widget cannot be created