org.springframework.webflow.config

Class FlowDefinitionResourceFactory

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.webflow.config.FlowDefinitionResourceFactory

public class FlowDefinitionResourceFactory
extends Object

A factory for creating flow definition resources that serve as pointers to external Flow definition files.

Author:

Keith Donald, Scott Andrews

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FlowDefinitionResourceFactory() Creates a new flow definition resource factory using a default resource loader.
FlowDefinitionResourceFactory(org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader resourceLoader) Creates a new flow definition resource factory using the specified resource loader.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FlowDefinitionResource	createClassPathResource(String path, Class clazz) Create a classpath-based resource from the path provided.
FlowDefinitionResource	createFileResource(String path) Create a file-based based resource from the file path provided.
FlowDefinitionResource	createResource(String path) Create a flow definition resource from the path location provided.
FlowDefinitionResource	createResource(String path, AttributeMap attributes) Create a flow definition resource from the path location provided.
FlowDefinitionResource	createResource(String path, AttributeMap attributes, String flowId) Create a flow definition resource from the path location provided.
FlowDefinitionResource[]	createResources(String pattern, AttributeMap attributes) Create an array of flow definition resources from the path pattern location provided.
void	setBasePath(String basePath) Sets the base removed from the flow path when determining the default flow id.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FlowDefinitionResourceFactory

public FlowDefinitionResourceFactory()

Creates a new flow definition resource factory using a default resource loader.

FlowDefinitionResourceFactory

public FlowDefinitionResourceFactory(org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader resourceLoader)

Creates a new flow definition resource factory using the specified resource loader.

Parameters:

resourceLoader - the resource loader

Method Detail

setBasePath

public void setBasePath(String basePath)

Sets the base removed from the flow path when determining the default flow id.

'/WEB-INF' by default

Parameters:

basePath - the flow's base path

createResource

public FlowDefinitionResource createResource(String path)

Create a flow definition resource from the path location provided.

Parameters:

path - the encoded Resource path.

Returns:

the flow definition resource

createResource

public FlowDefinitionResource createResource(String path,
                                    AttributeMap attributes)

Create a flow definition resource from the path location provided. The returned resource will be configured with the provided attributes.

Parameters:

path - the encoded Resource path.

attributes - the flow definition meta attributes to configure

Returns:

the flow definition resource

createResource

public FlowDefinitionResource createResource(String path,
                                    AttributeMap attributes,
                                    String flowId)

Create a flow definition resource from the path location provided. The returned resource will be configured with the provided attributes and flow id.

Parameters:

path - the encoded Resource path.

attributes - the flow definition meta attributes to configure

flowId - the flow definition id to configure

Returns:

the flow definition resource

createResources

public FlowDefinitionResource[] createResources(String pattern,
                                       AttributeMap attributes)
                                         throws IOException

Create an array of flow definition resources from the path pattern location provided.

Parameters:

pattern - the encoded Resource path pattern.

attributes - meta attributes to apply to each flow definition resource

Returns:

the flow definition resources

Throws:

IOException

createFileResource

public FlowDefinitionResource createFileResource(String path)

Create a file-based based resource from the file path provided.

Parameters:

path - the FileSystemResource path

Returns:

the file-based flow definition resource

createClassPathResource

public FlowDefinitionResource createClassPathResource(String path,
                                             Class clazz)

Create a classpath-based resource from the path provided.

Parameters:

path - the ClassPathResource path

clazz - to specify if the path should be relative to another class

Returns:

the classpath-based flow definition resource