Resource.java

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 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * Contributors:
 *     bstefanescu
 *
 * $Id$
 */

package org.nuxeo.ecm.webengine.model;

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;

import org.nuxeo.runtime.model.Adaptable;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:bs@nuxeo.com">Bogdan Stefanescu</a>
 */
public interface Resource extends Adaptable {

    Resource initialize(WebContext ctx, ResourceType type, Object ...  args);

    void dispose();

    WebContext getContext();

    Module getModule();

    ResourceType getType();

    boolean isInstanceOf(String type);

    String getName();

    String getPath();

    String getTrailingPath();

    String getNextSegment();

    String getURL();

    Resource getPrevious();

    Resource getNext();

    void setNext(Resource next);

    void setPrevious(Resource previous);

    boolean isAdapter();

    boolean isRoot();

    void setRoot(boolean isRoot);

    Set<String> getFacets();

    boolean hasFacet(String facet);

    List<LinkDescriptor> getLinks(String category);

    Resource newObject(String type, Object ... args);

    AdapterResource newAdapter(String type, Object ... args);

    Template getView(String viewId);

    Template getTemplate(String fileName);

    Response redirect(String uri);

    /**
     * Returns the active Adapter on this object if any in the current request.
     *
     * @return the service instance or null
     */
    AdapterResource getActiveAdapter();

    /**
     * Checks the given guard expression in the context of this resource.
     */
    boolean checkGuard(String guard) throws ParseException;

//    Response getEntries();

}