Package org.hippoecm.hst.configuration.channel

Interface ChannelManager

public interface ChannelManager

Management interface for Channels. Basic Channel operations are provided.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	persist(Session session, String blueprintId, Channel channel)	Persists a channel.
void	save(Session session, String hostGroupName, Channel channel)	Save channel properties for the given host group.

Method Detail

persist

String persist(Session session,
               String blueprintId,
               Channel channel)
        throws ChannelException

Persists a channel. Will create the mounts, sites and configuration when the channel is new.

When invoking this method, an HstSubject context must be provided with the credentials necessary to persist the channel.

The persisted channel can be retrieved again via VirtualHosts.getChannelById(String, String) with the returned channel ID.

Parameters:

session - the session used to persist the changes

blueprintId - blueprint that contains prototypes for mount, site and hst configuration

channel - a channel instance to be persisted

Returns:

the channel ID of the created channel

Throws:

ChannelException - with type @{link ChannelException.Type#MOUNT_NOT_FOUND} when all but the last path-step in the URL path of a new channel do not map to existing mounts. The exception has one parameter: the absolute JCR path of the missing mount.

ChannelException - with type @{link ChannelException.Type#MOUNT_EXISTS} when the mount of a new channel already exists. The exception has one parameter: the absolute JCR path of the existing mount.

save

void save(Session session,
          String hostGroupName,
          Channel channel)
   throws ChannelException

Save channel properties for the given host group. If the URL path of the new channel is not empty, all path-steps except the last one should already map to an existing mount.

Parameters:

session - the session used to persist the changes

hostGroupName -

channel -

Throws:

ChannelException