org.hippoecm.hst.content.tool

Interface ContentBeansTool

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultContentBeansTool

public interface ContentBeansTool

ContentBeansTool

This interface is supposed to be provided to external application frameworks and codes. They can normally access this component by invoking HttpServletRequest#getAttribute(ContentBeansTool.class.getName());.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ObjectBeanManager	createObjectBeanManager(javax.jcr.Session session) Creates a new ObjectBeanManager instance using the ObjectConverter from getObjectConverter().
HstQueryManager	createQueryManager(javax.jcr.Session session) Creates a new HstQueryManager instance using the ObjectConverter from getObjectConverter().
ObjectConverter	getObjectConverter()

Method Detail

getObjectConverter

ObjectConverter getObjectConverter()

Returns:

ObjectConverter which is shareed across all threads

createObjectBeanManager

ObjectBeanManager createObjectBeanManager(javax.jcr.Session session)
                                   throws IllegalStateException

Creates a new ObjectBeanManager instance using the ObjectConverter from getObjectConverter(). If you have a HstRequestContext then use HstRequestContext.getObjectBeanManager(javax.jcr.Session) or HstRequestContext.getObjectBeanManager() instead : This will include some caching of beans automatically

Returns:

a new ObjectBeanManager instance for the Session session

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the application is unable to provide a ObjectBeanManager

See Also:

to re-use a cached one for the current request

createQueryManager

HstQueryManager createQueryManager(javax.jcr.Session session)
                            throws IllegalStateException

Creates a new HstQueryManager instance using the ObjectConverter from getObjectConverter(). If you have a HstRequestContext then use HstRequestContext.getQueryManager(javax.jcr.Session) or HstRequestContext.getQueryManager() instead : This will include some caching of beans automatically

Parameters:

session -

Returns:

the HstQueryManager for session

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if the application is unable to provide a HstQueryManager

See Also:

to re-use a cached one for the current request