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/**
* Copyright 2006 IBM Corporation.
*/
package javax.portlet;
/**
* The ResourceServingPortlet interface allows
* serving resources through the portlet.
*
* The portlet container must call this method for links created by
* the RenderResponse.createResourceURL() call.
* If the portlet creates resource URLs with RenderResponse.createResourceURL()
* it must implement this lifecycle method.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ResourceServingPortlet {
/**
* Called by the portlet container to allow the portlet to generate
* the resource content based on its current state.
* The portal / portlet container must not render any output in addition
* to the content returned by the portlet. The portal / portlet container
* should expect that the portlet may return binary content for a
* renderResource call.
*
* @param request
* the resource request
* @param response
* the resource response
*
* @exception PortletException
* if the portlet has problems fulfilling the
* rendering request
* @exception UnavailableException
* if the portlet is unavailable to perform render at this time
* @exception PortletSecurityException
* if the portlet cannot fullfill this request because of security reasons
* @exception java.io.IOException
* if the streaming causes an I/O problem
*/
public void serveResource(ResourceRequest request, ResourceResponse response)
throws PortletException, java.io.IOException;
}