org.pentaho.platform.api.ui
Interface IUIComponent

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractChartComponent, AbstractJFreeChartComponent, ActionComponent, BaseUIComponent, CategoryDatasetChartComponent, DashboardWidgetComponent, DialChartComponent, FilterPanelComponent, FlashChartComponent, HtmlComponent, InputFormComponent, LoadDBRepositoryUIComponent, NavigationComponent, PieDatasetChartComponent, PMDUIComponent, PropertiesEditorUIComponent, PropertiesPanelUIComponent, SchedulerAdminUIComponent, SolutionManagerUIComponent, SolutionTreeUIComponent, SubscriptionAdminUIComponent, TimeSeriesCollectionChartComponent, UserFilesComponent, WidgetGridComponent, XmlComponent, XYSeriesCollectionChartComponent, XYZSeriesCollectionChartComponent

public interface IUIComponent

Method Summary

void	handleRequest(OutputStream outputStream, IActionRequestHandler actionRequestHandler, String contentType, HashMap requestParameterProviders)
boolean	validate()
boolean	validate(IPentahoSession session, IActionRequestHandler actionRequestHandler) Set the userSession member, generate a Log Id, set the requestHandler, and validate the component's configuration.

Method Detail

handleRequest

void handleRequest(OutputStream outputStream,
                   IActionRequestHandler actionRequestHandler,
                   String contentType,
                   HashMap requestParameterProviders)
                   throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

validate

boolean validate()

validate

boolean validate(IPentahoSession session,
                 IActionRequestHandler actionRequestHandler)

Set the userSession member, generate a Log Id, set the requestHandler, and validate the component's configuration. NOTE: this method has several side effects not related to validation. could probably use some refactoring

Parameters:

session -

actionRequestHandler -

Returns:

boolean true if component configuration is valid, else false