javax.portlet
Interface ResourceServingPortlet

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericPortlet

public interface ResourceServingPortlet

The ResourceServingPortlet interface allows serving resources through the portlet.

The portlet container must call this method for links created by the RenderResponse.createResourceURL() call. If the portlet creates resource URLs with RenderResponse.createResourceURL() it must implement this lifecycle method.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

void	serveResource(ResourceRequest request, ResourceResponse response) Called by the portlet container to allow the portlet to generate the resource content based on its current state.

Method Detail

serveResource

void serveResource(ResourceRequest request,
                   ResourceResponse response)
                   throws PortletException,
                          java.io.IOException

Called by the portlet container to allow the portlet to generate the resource content based on its current state. The portal / portlet container must not render any output in addition to the content returned by the portlet. The portal / portlet container should expect that the portlet may return binary content for a renderResource call.

Parameters:

request - the resource request

response - the resource response

Throws:

PortletException - if the portlet has problems fulfilling the rendering request

UnavailableException - if the portlet is unavailable to perform render at this time

PortletSecurityException - if the portlet cannot fullfill this request because of security reasons

java.io.IOException - if the streaming causes an I/O problem