Package org.zkoss.zk.ui

Interface Page

All Superinterfaces:
org.zkoss.lang.ClassResolver, IdSpace, Scope
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractPage, PageImpl, VolatilePage
public interface Page extends IdSpace, Scope, org.zkoss.lang.ClassResolver
A page. A desktop consists of a set of pages.

When a ZK request is asking to render a new page, a new page is created and components that are created during this request all belong to this page.

If a ZK request is asking an update, it must have at lease one UUID of a component (Component.getUuid(). From this UUID, we know which page it belongs and activate it to process the update.

By activation, the system guarantees no concurrent access to pages and components (so you don't need use synchronized for them).

Desktop

In portal and some environments, a client request (e.g., ServletRequest) might consists of several ZK requests (AuRequest). While each ZK request might ask to create an independent page, all these pages are grouped as a desktop, such that they are activated and removed at the same time. Moreover, pages in the same desktop could communicate to each other (see Inter-page communication).

A session, Session, might have multiple desktops of pages, Page, while a page belongs to exactly one session. A page, Page, might have many components, Component, while a component belongs to exactly one page.

All components of the same desktop of pages are removed at the same time if a page become 'obsolete'.

During each execution (${link Execution}), exactly one desktop of pages are locked (a.k.a., activated). Though an execution serves a client request (e.g., ServletRequest), a client request might consist of multiple ZK request (AuRequest). Each ZK request might target to a different page (of the same desktop).

Inter-page Communication

To do inter-page communication, you could do:

  1. Invoke methods of components from another page directly.
  2. Use Execution.postEvent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Event) to post events to components from another page.

They are the same as handling components from the same page. However, invoking method directly for components from another page has one restriction:
It cannot create component.

Author:
tomyeh

  • Field Details

  • Method Details

    • getId

      String getId()
      Returns ID which is unique in the request (never null).

      Note: it returns null when Initiator.doInit(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page, java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object>) is called.

    • setId

      void setId(String id)
      Sets the identifier of this page.

      Note: you can change the page's ID only in Initiator.doInit(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page, java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object>) or ExecutionInit.init(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Execution, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Execution). Once the page is initialized (by PageCtrl.init(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.PageConfig)), calling this method will cause an exception.

      Throws:
      UiException - if the page is initialized, i.e., PageCtrl.init(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.PageConfig) is called.

    • getUuid

      String getUuid()
      Returns UUID (universal unique ID) which is unique in the whole session. The UUID is generated automatically and immutable.

      It is mainly used for communication between client and server and you rarely need to access it.

    • getTitle

      String getTitle()
      Returns the title of the desktop this page belongs to (and evaluate it if it contains an expression).

      Default: "".

    • setTitle

      void setTitle(String title)
      Sets the title of the desktop this page belongs to (it might contain an expression).

    • getStyle

      String getStyle()
      Returns the CSS style of this page, or empty if not specified.

    • setStyle

      void setStyle(String style)
      Sets the CSS style of this page.

      Note: Unlike setTitle(java.lang.String), you can change the style only in the lifecycle of the loading page.

    • getViewport

      String getViewport()
      Return the meta viewport of this page, or "auto" if not specified.

      Default: "auto".

      Since:
      6.5.0

    • setViewport

      void setViewport(String viewport)
      Sets the viewport of this page.
      Since:
      6.5.0

    • getRequestPath

      String getRequestPath()
      Returns the request path of this page, or "" if not available.

      It is the same as the servlet path (jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest's getServletPath), if ZK is running at a servlet container.

      Note: Desktop.getRequestPath() returns the request path that causes the desktop to create. And, there might be multiple pages in the same desktop.

      See Also:

    • isAlive

      boolean isAlive()
      Returns whether the desktop is still alive. It returns false once it is destroyed.
      Since:
      5.0.3
      See Also:

    • getDesktop

      Desktop getDesktop()
      Returns the desktop that this page belongs to.

      Note: it returns null when Initiator.doInit(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page, java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object>) is called.

    • getRoots

      Collection<Component> getRoots()
      Returns a readonly list of the root components.

    • getFirstRoot

      Component getFirstRoot()
      Returns the first root component.
      Since:
      3.5.2

    • getLastRoot

      Component getLastRoot()
      Returns the last root component.
      Since:
      3.5.2

    • getAttributes

      Map<String,Object> getAttributes(int scope)
      Returns all custom attributes of the specified scope. You could reference them directly, or by use of componentScope, spaceScope, pageScope, requestScope and desktopScope in zscript and EL.

      If scope is PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

      If scope is DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktops as this one's.

      Parameters:
      scope - one of APPLICATION_SCOPE, SESSION_SCOPE, PAGE_SCOPE, REQUEST_SCOPE or DESKTOP_SCOPE.

    • getAttributes

      Map<String,Object> getAttributes()
      Returns all custom attributes associated with this page.
      Specified by:
      getAttributes in interface Scope

    • getAttribute

      Object getAttribute(String name, int scope)
      Returns the value of the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.

      If scope is PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

      If scope is DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktops as this one's.

      Parameters:
      scope - one of APPLICATION_SCOPE, SESSION_SCOPE, PAGE_SCOPE, REQUEST_SCOPE or DESKTOP_SCOPE.

    • getAttribute

      Object getAttribute(String name)
      Returns the value of the specified attribute associated with this page.
      Specified by:
      getAttribute in interface Scope

    • hasAttribute

      boolean hasAttribute(String name, int scope)
      Returns if an attribute exists.

      Notice that null is a valid value, so you need this method to really know if an attribute is defined.

      Since:
      5.0.0

    • hasAttribute

      boolean hasAttribute(String name)
      Returns if an attribute exists.

      Notice that null is a valid value, so you need this method to really know if an attribute is defined.

      Specified by:
      hasAttribute in interface Scope
      Since:
      5.0.0

    • setAttribute

      Object setAttribute(String name, Object value, int scope)
      Sets the value of the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.

      If scope is PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

      If scope is DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktops as this one's.

      Parameters:
      scope - one of APPLICATION_SCOPE, SESSION_SCOPE, PAGE_SCOPE, REQUEST_SCOPE or DESKTOP_SCOPE.

    • setAttribute

      Object setAttribute(String name, Object value)
      Sets the value of the specified custom attribute associated with this page.
      Specified by:
      setAttribute in interface Scope
      Parameters:
      value - the value.
      Returns:
      the previous value associated with the attribute, if any

    • removeAttribute

      Object removeAttribute(String name, int scope)
      Removes the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.

      If scope is PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

      If scope is DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktops as this one's.

      Parameters:
      scope - one of APPLICATION_SCOPE, SESSION_SCOPE, PAGE_SCOPE, REQUEST_SCOPE or DESKTOP_SCOPE.

    • removeAttribute

      Object removeAttribute(String name)
      Removes the specified attribute custom associated with the page.
      Specified by:
      removeAttribute in interface Scope
      Returns:
      the previous value associated with the attribute, if any,

    • getAttributeOrFellow

      Object getAttributeOrFellow(String name, boolean recurse)
      Returns the custom attribute associated with this page, or the fellow of this page; or null if no found.

      Notice that this method will NOT check for any variable defined in the variable resolver (addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver)). You have to invoke getXelVariable(XelContext,Object,Object,boolean) or getXelVariable(String) manually.

      Parameters:
      recurse - whether to look up the desktop/session for the existence of the attribute.
      Since:
      5.0.0

    • hasAttributeOrFellow

      boolean hasAttributeOrFellow(String name, boolean recurse)
      Returns if a custom attribute is associated with this page, or a fellow of this page.

      Notice that this method will NOT check for any variable defined in the variable resolver (addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver)). You have to invoke getXelVariable(XelContext,Object,Object,boolean) or getXelVariable(String) manually.

      Parameters:
      recurse - whether to look up the desktop/session for the existence of the attribute.
      Since:
      5.0.0

    • resolveClass

      Class<?> resolveClass(String clsnm) throws ClassNotFoundException
      Resolves the class of the specified name. It first looks at ClassResolver (registered with addClassResolver(org.zkoss.lang.ClassResolver)). If not found, it looks at the current thread's class loader. And then, it looks for classes defined in any loaded interpreters (getLoadedInterpreters()).
      Specified by:
      resolveClass in interface org.zkoss.lang.ClassResolver
      Parameters:
      clsnm - the class name. It does not have to be a fully qualified name (i.e., it could have no package name), if the class is imported by use of the import directive (such as <?import class="com.foo.*"?>).
      Throws:
      ClassNotFoundException
      Since:
      3.0.1

    • addClassResolver

      boolean addClassResolver(org.zkoss.lang.ClassResolver resolver)
      Adds a class resolver to this page.
      Parameters:
      resolver - the class resolver to be added. Currently it supports only ImportedClassResolver.
      Since:
      6.0.0
      See Also:

    • getZScriptClass

      Class<?> getZScriptClass(String clsnm)
      Returns the class of the specified name by searching the classes defined in the loaded interpreters (getLoadedInterpreters()).

      Note that: since ZK 6, this method will not search the current thread's class loader. In other words, you'd like to look for a class from a given page, use resolveClass(java.lang.String) instead.

      Also notice that it won't throw an exception if not found. Rather, it returns null.

      Parameters:
      clsnm - the fully qualified class name. Unlike resolveClass(java.lang.String), this method does not support the imported class (by addClassResolver(org.zkoss.lang.ClassResolver)).
      Returns:
      the class, or null if not found
      See Also:

    • getZScriptFunction

      org.zkoss.xel.Function getZScriptFunction(String name, Class[] argTypes)
      Returns the function of the specified name by searching the loaded interpreters.
      Returns:
      the method, or null if not found
      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:

    • getZScriptFunction

      org.zkoss.xel.Function getZScriptFunction(Component comp, String name, Class[] argTypes)
      Returns the function of the specified name by searching the logical scope of the specified component in all the loaded interpreters.
      Parameters:
      comp - the component to start the search. If null, this method searches only the page's attributes. In other words, if comp is null, this method is the same as getZScriptFunction(String, Class[]).
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • getZScriptVariable

      Object getZScriptVariable(String name)
      Returns the value of the variable of the specified name by searching the loaded interpreters, if any.
      Returns:
      the value of the variable, or null if not found
      See Also:

    • getZScriptVariable

      Object getZScriptVariable(Component comp, String name)
      Returns the value of the variable of the specified name by searching the logical scope of the specified component in all the loaded interpreters, if any.
      Parameters:
      comp - the component as the context to look for the variable defined in an interpreter. If null, the context is assumed to be this page.
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • getXelVariable

      Object getXelVariable(String name)
      Returns a variable that is visible to XEL expressions. It is a shortcut of getXelVariable(null, null, name, false).

      This method is mainly used to access special variable, such as request parameters (if this page is requested by HTTP).

      Since:
      3.0.0
      See Also:

    • getXelVariable

      Object getXelVariable(org.zkoss.xel.XelContext ctx, Object base, Object name, boolean ignoreExec)
      Returns a variable that is visible to XEL expressions.

      Unlike getXelVariable(String), this method can utilize VariableResolverX if you'd like to retrieve a property of another object.

      Parameters:
      ctx - the XEL context
      base - the base object. If null, it looks for a top-level variable. If not null, it looks for a member of the base object (such as getter).
      name - the property to retrieve.
      ignoreExec - whether to ignore the current execution (Execution.getVariableResolver(). If true, it invokes only the variable resolvers define in this page (addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver)). If false, it will first check the execution, so the implicit objects such as page and desktop will be resolved.
      Since:
      5.0.0
      See Also:

    • addVariableResolver

      boolean addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver resolver)
      Adds a variable resolver that will be used to resolve a variable by getXelVariable(java.lang.String).

      The new added variable resolver has the higher priority.

      Note: the variables resolver by the specified resolver are accessible to both zscript and EL expressions.

      Returns:
      whether the resolver is added successfully. Note: if the resolver was added before, it won't be added again and this method returns false.

    • removeVariableResolver

      boolean removeVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver resolver)
      Removes a variable resolver that was added by addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver).
      Returns:
      false if the resolver is not added before.

    • hasVariableResolver

      boolean hasVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver resolver)
      Returns if the specified variable resolver has been registered
      Since:
      5.0.3
      See Also:

    • addEventListener

      boolean addEventListener(String evtnm, EventListener<? extends Event> listener)
      Adds an event listener to specified event for all components in this page.

      Due to performance consideration, unlike Component.addEventListener(int, java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener<? extends org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Event>), all event listeners for the page are deferrable, no matter Deferrable is implemented or not.

      Version Difference

      ZK 5.0 and earlier, the second registration is ignored if an event listener has been registered twice. However, since 6.0.0 and later, it won't be ignored. If a listener has been registered multiple times, it will be invoked multiple times.

      If you prefer to ignore the second registration, you could specify a library property called "org.zkoss.zk.ui.EventListener.duplicateIgnored" to true.

      Parameters:
      evtnm - what event to listen (never null)
      Returns:
      whether the listener is added successfully
      See Also:

    • removeEventListener

      boolean removeEventListener(String evtnm, EventListener<? extends Event> listener)
      Removes an event listener.
      Returns:
      whether the listener is removed; false if it was never added.

    • isListenerAvailable

      boolean isListenerAvailable(String evtnm)
      Returns whether the event listener is available.

    • getEventListeners

      Iterable<EventListener<? extends Event>> getEventListeners(String evtnm)
      Returns an iterable collection of the event listeners for the given event.

      Note: it is OK to invoke addEventListener(java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener<? extends org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Event>) or removeEventListener(java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener<? extends org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Event>) when iterating through the event listeners with the returned collection.

      To remove an event listener from the returned iterable collection, you could invoke Iterable.iterator()'s Iterator.remove().

      Since:
      6.0.0

    • removeComponents

      void removeComponents()
      Removes all components in this page.
      See Also:

    • invalidate

      void invalidate()
      Invalidates this page to cause all components to redraw.

    • interpret

      void interpret(String zslang, String script, Scope scope)
      Interprets a script in the specified scripting language in the context of the specified scope.
      Parameters:
      zslang - the scripting language. If null, getZScriptLanguage() is assumed.
      scope - the scope used as the context. Since a component is a scope, you can pass a component as the context. By context we mean the attribute of the scope, its space owner, spacer owner's space owner, page and desktop will be searched. If null, this page is assumed.
      Since:
      5.0.0

    • getInterpreter

      Interpreter getInterpreter(String zslang)
      Returns the interpreter of the specified scripting language.

      The interpreter will be loaded and initialized, if it is not loaded yet.

      Parameters:
      zslang - the scripting language. If null, getZScriptLanguage() is assumed.
      Throws:
      InterpreterNotFoundException - if not found.

    • getLoadedInterpreters

      Collection<Interpreter> getLoadedInterpreters()
      Returns all loaded interpreters.

    • getZScriptLanguage

      String getZScriptLanguage()
      Returns the default scripting language which is assumed when a zscript element doesn't specify any language.
      Returns:
      the default scripting language, say, Java. Never null.

    • setZScriptLanguage

      void setZScriptLanguage(String zslang) throws InterpreterNotFoundException
      Sets the default scripting language which will be assumed if a zscript element doesn't specify any language.
      Throws:
      InterpreterNotFoundException - if no such language

    • getExpressionFactoryClass

      Class<? extends org.zkoss.xel.ExpressionFactory> getExpressionFactoryClass()
      Returns the implementation of the expression factory that is used by this page, or null if Configuration.getExpressionFactoryClass() is used.

      Default: null.

      Since:
      3.0.4
      See Also:

    • setExpressionFactoryClass

      void setExpressionFactoryClass(Class<? extends org.zkoss.xel.ExpressionFactory> expfcls)
      Sets the implementation of the expression factory that is used by this page.
      Parameters:
      expfcls - the class that implements ExpressionFactory, If null, Configuration.getExpressionFactoryClass() is used.
      Since:
      3.0.4
      See Also:

    • isComplete

      boolean isComplete()
      Returns if this page is a complete page. By complete we mean the page has everything that the client expects. For example, for HTML browsers, the page will generate the HTML, HEAD and BODY tags.

      It is meaningful only if it is the top-level page (i.e., not included by the include component).

      Default: false. It means ZK loader will enclose the page content with HTML/HEAD/BODY if necessary (such as not included by other Servlet).

      If you have a page that has a complete HTML page and it is included by other page, you have to specify the complete flag to be true.

      Since:
      3.0.4

    • setComplete

      void setComplete(boolean complete)
      Sets if the page is a complete page.

      Default: false. It means a page is complete if and only if it is not included by other page.

      Parameters:
      complete - whether the page is complete. If true, this page is assumed to be complete no matter it is included or not. If false, this page is assumed to be complete if it is not included by other page.
      Since:
      3.0.4
      See Also:

    • getFunctionMapper

      org.zkoss.xel.FunctionMapper getFunctionMapper()
      Returns the function mapper for resolving XEL functions, or null if not available. The function mapper represents all function mappers being added.
      Since:
      3.0.0

    • addFunctionMapper

      boolean addFunctionMapper(org.zkoss.xel.FunctionMapper mapper)
      Adds the function mapper in addition to the current one.

      The new added function mapper has the higher priority. getFunctionMapper() will return the new

      Parameters:
      mapper - the new function mapper (null to ignore).

    • removeFunctionMapper

      boolean removeFunctionMapper(org.zkoss.xel.FunctionMapper mapper)
      Removes a function mapper that was added by addFunctionMapper(org.zkoss.xel.FunctionMapper).
      Returns:
      false if the mapper is not added before.
      Since:
      5.0.8

    • hasFunctionMapper

      boolean hasFunctionMapper(org.zkoss.xel.FunctionMapper mapper)
      Returns if the specified function mapper has been registered
      Since:
      5.0.8
      See Also:

    • getLanguageDefinition

      LanguageDefinition getLanguageDefinition()
      Returns the language definition that this page belongs to (never null).

    • getComponentDefinitionMap

      ComponentDefinitionMap getComponentDefinitionMap()
      Returns the map of component definitions (never null).

      Note: the map is shared among all instance of the same page definition. Any component definition added (by ComponentDefinitionMap.add(org.zkoss.zk.ui.metainfo.ComponentDefinition)) are visible to all other instances of the same page definition. Thus, it is NOT a good idea to change its content.

    • getComponentDefinition

      ComponentDefinition getComponentDefinition(String name, boolean recurse)
      Returns the component definition of the specified name, or null if not found.

      Note: unlike LanguageDefinition.getComponentDefinition(java.lang.String), this method doesn't throw ComponentNotFoundException if not found. It just returns null.

      Parameters:
      recurse - whether to look up the component from getLanguageDefinition()

    • getComponentDefinition

      ComponentDefinition getComponentDefinition(Class<? extends Component> cls, boolean recurse)
      Returns the component definition of the specified class, or null if not found.

      Note: unlike LanguageDefinition.getComponentDefinition(java.lang.String), this method doesn't throw ComponentNotFoundException if not found. It just returns null.

      Parameters:
      recurse - whether to look up the component from getLanguageDefinition()

    • addTemplate

      void addTemplate(String name, Template template)
      Adds page scope template
      Parameters:
      name -
      template -
      Since:
      8.0.0

    • removeTemplate

      void removeTemplate(String name)
      Removes page scope template
      Parameters:
      name -
      Since:
      8.0.0

    • getTemplate

      Template getTemplate(String name)
      Gets page scope template by name
      Parameters:
      name -
      Since:
      8.0.0