Viewlet.java

/**
 * Copyright 2013 Tommi S.E. Laukkanen
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.bubblecloud.ilves.site;

/**
 * Interface for viewlets. Viewlets are Portlet like components which
 * are placed on SiteViews (pages).
 *
 * @author Tommi S.E. Laukkanen
 */
public interface Viewlet {

    /**
     * Sets the ViewletDescription.
     * @param viewletDescriptor the viewlet viewlet descriptor
     */
    void setViewletDescriptor(final ViewletDescriptor viewletDescriptor);

    /**
     * SiteView constructSite occurred.
     * @param parameters view parameters
     */
    void enter(final String parameters);

}