/**********************************************************************************
*
* $Id: ContextManagement.java 105077 2012-02-24 22:54:29Z ottenhoff@longsight.com $
*
***********************************************************************************
*
* Copyright (c) 2005, 2006, 2008 The Sakai Foundation, The MIT Corporation
*
* Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ECL-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*
**********************************************************************************/
package org.sakaiproject.tool.gradebook.facades;
/**
* Facade to context management service, to give control of application entry
* and gradebook selection to the framework.
*/
public interface ContextManagement {
/**
* @param request
* the javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest or javax.portlet.PortletRequest from
* which to determine the current gradebook. Since they don't share an interface,
* a generic object is passed.
*
* @return
* the UID of the currently selected gradebook, or null if the context manager
* cannot determine a selected gradebook
*/
public String getGradebookUid(Object request);
}