uk.ac.ed.epcc.webapp.servlet.navigation

Class ExternalNodeMaker

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.ed.epcc.webapp.servlet.navigation.AbstractNodeMaker

uk.ac.ed.epcc.webapp.servlet.navigation.ExternalNodeMaker

All Implemented Interfaces:

Contexed, NodeMaker

public class ExternalNodeMaker
extends AbstractNodeMaker

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExternalNodeMaker(AppContext conn)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Node	makeNode(java.lang.String name, FilteredProperties props) Create a Node for a named menu item.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.ed.epcc.webapp.servlet.navigation.AbstractNodeMaker

addChildren, getContext, getLogger

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExternalNodeMaker

public ExternalNodeMaker(AppContext conn)

Parameters:

conn -

Method Detail

makeNode

public Node makeNode(java.lang.String name,
                     FilteredProperties props)

Description copied from interface: NodeMaker

Create a Node for a named menu item. This is allowed to return null to indicate that nodes of this type are disabled/empty and should be suppressed. The NavigationMenuService can be configured to substitute a different node in this case (for example to host child nodes added by the configuration).

Automatic child nodes can be added in this method and will appear first. Followed by nodes from the configuration then nodes from NodeMaker.addChildren(Node, String, FilteredProperties)

Parameters:

name - name of the node

props - FilteredProperties containing the navigation menu configuration

Returns:

Node