org.springframework.ui.context
Interface ThemeSource

All Known Subinterfaces:

HierarchicalThemeSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRefreshableWebApplicationContext, DelegatingThemeSource, GenericWebApplicationContext, ResourceBundleThemeSource, StaticWebApplicationContext, XmlWebApplicationContext

public interface ThemeSource

Interface to be implemented by objects that can resolve Themes. This enables parameterization and internationalization of messages for a given 'theme'.

Author:

Jean-Pierre Pawlak, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

Theme

Method Summary

Theme

getTheme(String themeName) Return the Theme instance for the given theme name.

Method Detail

getTheme

Theme getTheme(String themeName)

Return the Theme instance for the given theme name.

The returned Theme will resolve theme-specific messages, codes, file paths, etc (e.g. CSS and image files in a web environment).

Parameters:

themeName - the name of the theme

Returns:

the corresponding Theme, or null if none defined. Note that, by convention, a ThemeSource should at least be able to return a default Theme for the default theme name "theme" but may also return default Themes for other theme names.

See Also:

AbstractThemeResolver.ORIGINAL_DEFAULT_THEME_NAME