net.sf.tm
Interface IContextManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

TomcatContextManager

public interface IContextManager

Interface for a Context Manager. The context manager provides all methods for managing context in a running web server.

Version:

$Id: IContextManager.java,v 1.1 2003/08/17 12:20:34 apataki Exp $

Author:

Andreas Pataki

Method Summary

List	getAll() Returns a list of all available context's.
void	reload(String context) Reloads a context by it's name.
void	start(String context) Starts a context by it's name.
void	stop(String context) Stops a context by it's name.

Method Detail

start

public void start(String context)
           throws ContextManagerException

Starts a context by it's name. The context must be stoped.

Parameters:

context - Name of the context which should be started

Throws:

ContextManagerException - The context couldn't be started. Check Stacktrace for reason.

stop

public void stop(String context)
          throws ContextManagerException

Stops a context by it's name. The context must be started.

Parameters:

context - The name of the context to be stopped.

Throws:

ContextManagerException - The context couldn't be stoped. Check Stacktrace for reason.

reload

public void reload(String context)
            throws ContextManagerException

Reloads a context by it's name. The context must be started.

Parameters:

context - The name of the context to be reloaded.

Throws:

ContextManagerException - The context couldn't be reloaded. Check Stacktrace for reason.

getAll

public List getAll()
            throws ContextManagerException

Returns a list of all available context's.

Returns:

List of WebContext objects

Throws:

ContextManagerException - The context list couldn't be retrived. Check Stacktrace for reason.