Obtain a controller for working with resources

To modify, create, or delete portal resources using the Controller SPI, create a controller using a JNDI lookup for the "home" interface. The following controllers are available via JNDI:

Controller	Look up string in JNDI
ContentModelController	ContentModelControllerHome.CONTENT_MODEL_CONTROLLER_JNDI_NAME
PortletModelController	PortletModelControllerHome.PORTLET_MODEL_CONTROLLER_JNDI_NAME

The LayoutModelController cannot be obtained via a JNDI lookup. You obtain it through its associated ContentModelController.

Example - Obtaining a content model controller:

ContentModelController result = null;
final Context ctx = new InitialContext();

final ContentModelControllerHome home = (ContentModelControllerHome) ctx.lookup(ContentModelControllerHome.CONTENT_MODEL_CONTROLLER_JNDI_NAME);

if (home != null) 
{
     result = home.getContentModelControllerProvider().createContentModelController(aContentModel);
}

To obtain a ContentModelController, pass an existing content model to the createContentModelController method of the ContentModelControllerProvider.

Obtain a layout model controller for a specific page:

// locate the page for which to create a LayoutModelController
final Locator locator = cmController.getLocator();
final ContentPage page = (ContentPage) locator.findByUniqueName("MyPage");

 // create a LayoutModelController
final LayoutModelController lmController = cmController.getLayoutModelController(page);

Parent Work with controllers

Related concepts:

Obtain a model from the portal