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Interface IPageFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultPageFactory

public interface IPageFactory

A factory class that creates Pages. A Page can be created by Class, with or without a PageParameters argument to pass to the Page's constructor.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Implementations must let subclasses of AbstractRestartResponseException thrown from the constructing page' constructor bubble up.

Author:

Juergen Donnerstag, Jonathan Locke

See Also:

ISessionSettings.setPageFactory(IPageFactory), Session.getPageFactory(), Session.getPageFactory(Page)

Method Summary

Page	newPage(java.lang.Class pageClass) Creates a new page using a page class.
Page	newPage(java.lang.Class pageClass, PageParameters parameters) Creates a new Page, passing PageParameters to the Page constructor if such a constructor exists.

Method Detail

newPage

Page newPage(java.lang.Class pageClass)

Creates a new page using a page class.

Parameters:

pageClass - The page class to instantiate

Returns:

The page

Throws:

WicketRuntimeException - Thrown if the page cannot be constructed

newPage

Page newPage(java.lang.Class pageClass,
             PageParameters parameters)

Creates a new Page, passing PageParameters to the Page constructor if such a constructor exists. If no such constructor exists and the parameters argument is null or empty, then any available default constructor will be used.

Parameters:

pageClass - The class of Page to create

parameters - Any parameters to pass to the Page's constructor

Returns:

The new page

Throws:

WicketRuntimeException - Thrown if the page cannot be constructed