org.displaytag.decorator
Interface DecoratorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDecoratorFactory

public interface DecoratorFactory

Factory for TableDecorator or ColumnDecorator object.

Version:

$Id: DecoratorFactory.java 1081 2006-04-03 20:26:34Z fgiust $

Author:

Fabrizio Giustina

Method Summary

DisplaytagColumnDecorator	loadColumnDecorator(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pageContext, java.lang.String decoratorName) Given a column decorator name, returns a org.displaytag.decorator.DisplaytagColumnDecorator instance.
TableDecorator	loadTableDecorator(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pageContext, java.lang.String decoratorName) Given a table decorator name, returns a org.displaytag.decorator.TableDecorator instance.

Method Detail

loadTableDecorator

TableDecorator loadTableDecorator(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pageContext,
                                  java.lang.String decoratorName)
                                  throws DecoratorInstantiationException

Given a table decorator name, returns a org.displaytag.decorator.TableDecorator instance. The method used to lookup decorator (direct instantiation, load from a pre-istantiated list or from the page context) may vary between different implementations.

Parameters:

decoratorName - String full decorator class name

Returns:

instance of TableDecorator

Throws:

DecoratorInstantiationException - if unable to load specified TableDecorator

loadColumnDecorator

DisplaytagColumnDecorator loadColumnDecorator(javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext pageContext,
                                              java.lang.String decoratorName)
                                              throws DecoratorInstantiationException

Given a column decorator name, returns a org.displaytag.decorator.DisplaytagColumnDecorator instance. The method used to lookup decorator (direct instantiation, load from a pre-istantiated list or from the page context) may vary between different implementations.

Parameters:

decoratorName - String full decorator class name

Returns:

instance of DisplaytagColumnDecorator

Throws:

DecoratorInstantiationException - if unable to load ColumnDecorator