com.ibm.portal.portlet
Interface ModifiablePortletPreferencesProvider

All Superinterfaces:

MetaDataProvider, ModifiableMetaDataProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

ModifiablePortletDefinition, ModifiablePortletEntity

public interface ModifiablePortletPreferencesProvider
extends ModifiableMetaDataProvider

Interface representing a modifiable portlet preferences provider.

Since:

6.1.0

Method Summary

ModifiableMetaData	getModifiableMetaData() Returns the same modifiable preferences as #getPortletPreferencesLayer()
ModifiablePortletPreferences	getModifiablePortletPreferencesLayer() Returns the modifiable preferences layer that corresponds to the resource implementing the ModifiablePortletPreferencesProvider

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.portal.MetaDataProvider

getMetaData

Method Detail

getModifiableMetaData

ModifiableMetaData getModifiableMetaData()
                                         throws CannotInstantiateModifiableNodeException

Returns the same modifiable preferences as #getPortletPreferencesLayer()

Specified by:

getModifiableMetaData in interface ModifiableMetaDataProvider

Returns:

an Implementation of ModifiableMetaData that also implements ModifiablePortletPreferences, never null

Throws:

CannotInstantiateModifiableNodeException - in case a modifiable meta data cannot be instantiated

getModifiablePortletPreferencesLayer

ModifiablePortletPreferences getModifiablePortletPreferencesLayer()
                                                                  throws CannotInstantiateModifiableNodeException

Returns the modifiable preferences layer that corresponds to the resource implementing the ModifiablePortletPreferencesProvider

Returns:

a modifiable portlet preferences layer, never null

Throws:

CannotInstantiateModifiableNodeException - in case modifiable portlet preferences layer cannot be instantiated