/FileExtraction/Java_unseen/dlitz_resin/modules/portlet/src/javax/portlet/ActionResponse.java
/*
 * Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Caucho Technology -- all rights reserved
 *
 * This file is part of Resin(R) Open Source
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 * @author Sam 
 */

package javax.portlet;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * The <code>ActionResponse</code> is the request interface available to the
 * portlet in the portlet's preocessAction method.
 * 
 * @see ActionRequest
 * @see PortletResponse
 */
public interface ActionResponse extends PortletResponse
{
  public void setWindowState(WindowState state) 
    throws WindowStateException;

  public void setPortletMode(PortletMode portletMode)
    throws PortletModeException;

  /**
   * Send a response to the client that redirects the client to another
   * location. 
   *
   * <code>location</code> must be an absolute URL ("http://myserver/...")  or
   * a URI with a full path ("/myapp/mypath").  This method may encode the URL
   * before the redirect is sent to the client.
   *
   * <code>path</code> may also be a relative path ("images/myimage.gif"), in
   * which case it is a url to a resource in the current "portal", typically a
   * path relative to the current webapp.  Allowing a relative path is an
   * extension of the behaviour defined by the portlet specification.
   *
   * An IllegalStateException is thrown if any of the following methods have 
   * been called:
   *
   * <ul>
   * <li>setPortletMode 
   * <li>setWindowState 
   * <li>setRenderParameter 
   * <li>setRenderParameters 
   * </ul>
   *
   * @see javax.portlet.ActionResponse#sendRedirect 
   */ 
  public void sendRedirect(String location)
    throws IOException; 

  public void setRenderParameters(Map parameters);

  public void setRenderParameter(String key, String value);

  public void setRenderParameter(String key, String[] values);
}


