001 // Copyright 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002 // 003 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 // 007 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 // 009 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013 // limitations under the License. 014 015 package org.apache.tapestry.web; 016 017 import java.net.URL; 018 019 import org.apache.tapestry.describe.Describable; 020 021 /** 022 * A representation of a set of servlets (or portlets) packaged together as a web application 023 * archive. Attributes stored within the context are global to all 'lets (but not distributed across 024 * a server cluster). 025 * 026 * @author Howard M. Lewis Ship 027 */ 028 public interface WebContext extends AttributeHolder, InitializationParameterHolder, Describable 029 { 030 /** 031 * Returns a URL to the resource that is mapped to a specified path. The path must begin with a 032 * "/" and is interpreted as relative to the current context root. 033 */ 034 035 public URL getResource(String path); 036 037 /** 038 * Returns the MIME type of the specified file, or null if the MIME type is not known. 039 */ 040 public String getMimeType(String resourcePath); 041 }