otie.component
Class PageComponent

java.lang.Object
  otie.component.PageComponent

Direct Known Subclasses:

AdminComponent, CommitTable, CreateTableComponent, ErrorFile, ImageContainer, LoginComponent, LogoutComponent, MeasurementDataComponent, ProjectComponent, SearchEngineComponent, TabResolver, WorkHours

public abstract class PageComponent

extends java.lang.Object

Field Summary

protected PageManager	pMan A PageManager object that can be used to access, e.g., a JDBCWrapper or a SessionManager.
protected XMLFile	xFile A XMLFile that is used for writing the contents.

Constructor Summary

PageComponent()
An empty constructor to support all Java reflect API operations.

Method Summary

protected abstract void	generateContent() An abstract method for generating the content of a page.
XMLFile	getContent(PageManager pManager) The main method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

xFile

protected XMLFile xFile

A XMLFile that is used for writing the contents.

pMan

protected PageManager pMan

A PageManager object that can be used to access, e.g., a JDBCWrapper or a SessionManager.

Constructor Detail

PageComponent

public PageComponent()

An empty constructor to support all Java reflect API operations.

Method Detail

generateContent

protected abstract void generateContent()

An abstract method for generating the content of a page. Override this method to produce new components.

getContent

public XMLFile getContent(PageManager pManager)

The main method. Each time a pageComponent is used, the getContent() method is used. Tbe getContent() method calls the abstract generateContent method that can be used to provide user-defined content.

Parameters:

pManager - PageManager

Returns:

XMLFile