Packages of the Controller SPI

The portal provides the SPI Controller in several separate packages.

These packages are as follows:

• com.ibm.portal. This package holds the following interfaces:

  • Base interfaces for the Controller SPI, for example Modifiable and Controller.

  • Modifiable interfaces, such as ModifiableActiveFlag, ModifiableLocalized, ModifiableMetaData.

• com.ibm.portal.admin. This package holds modifiable interfaces, for example the ModifiableMarkupCapable and the LanguageListController.
• com.ibm.portal.content. This package holds the following interfaces:
  • Interfaces for content and layout model controller modifiable interfaces for content and layout nodes.

    For example, these can be ModifiableContentPage or ModifiableLayoutContainer.

  • Modifiable interfaces for modifiable aspects of content and layout nodes, for example ModifiableBookmarkableFlag

  • Creation contexts for creating content pages and layout nodes, for example LayoutContainerCreationContext.

• com.ibm.portal.model.controller. This package holds home and provider interfaces to obtain controllers, including a builder factory for CreationContext instances.
• com.ibm.portal.model.controller.exceptions. This package holds controller specific exceptions.
• com.ibm.portal.portlet. This package holds the following interfaces:
  • Interfaces for the portlet model controller.

  • Modifiable interfaces for portlet definitions, entities and preferences, for example ModifiablePortletPreferences and ModifiablePortletEntity.

  • Portlet creation and cloning context interfaces.

A controller interface usually resides in the same package as its corresponding read-only Model SPI interface.

Parent: Controller SPI
Related:
Work with controllers
Making modifications using the Controller SPI
Confirming modifications
Tips for using the Controller SPI