com.liferay.portal.kernel.portlet
Interface Router

public interface Router

Contains a list of the available routes and handles conversion of URLs to parameter maps and vice versa.

The priority of a route is based on when it was added to the router. The first route has the highest priority and a URL path will always be matched against it first. If the first route does not match, the second will be tried, continuing until either a match is found or all the routes have been tested.

When choosing the order in which to place a list of routes, the general rule is to sort the routes from least general to most general. The simplest way of determining the generality of a route is by counting the number of capturing fragments in it.

See Also:

Route, DefaultFriendlyURLMapper

Method Summary

Route	addRoute(String pattern) Generates a new route from its pattern string.
String	parametersToUrl(Map<String,String> parameters) Generates a URL from the parameter map using the available routes.
boolean	urlToParameters(String url, Map<String,String> parameters) Parses a URL into a parameter map using the available routes.

Method Detail

addRoute

Route addRoute(String pattern)

Generates a new route from its pattern string.

Parameters:

pattern - the route pattern string

Returns:

the generated route

parametersToUrl

String parametersToUrl(Map<String,String> parameters)

Generates a URL from the parameter map using the available routes.

Parameters:

parameters - the parameter map

Returns:

the URL path, or null if an applicable route was not found

urlToParameters

boolean urlToParameters(String url,
                        Map<String,String> parameters)

Parses a URL into a parameter map using the available routes.

Parameters:

url - the URL to be parsed

parameters - the parameter map to be populated

Returns:

true if a match was found and parameters was populated; false otherwise