MonoRail/Castle.MonoRail.Framework/IControllerTree.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.MonoRail.Framework
  16 {
  17         using System;
  18
  19         /// <summary>
  20         /// Represents an binary tree of registered controllers.
  21         /// <para>
  22         /// It is used by the controller factory to resolve a controller instance
  23         /// based on the specified area (which is optional) and controller name
  24         /// </para>
  25         /// <seealso cref="Castle.MonoRail.Framework.Services.AbstractControllerFactory"/>
  26         /// </summary>
  27         public interface IControllerTree
  28         {
  29                 /// <summary>
  30                 /// Register a controller on the tree. If the specified
  31                 /// area name matches the current node, the controller is
  32                 /// register on the node itself, otherwise on the right or
  33                 /// on the left node.
  34                 /// </summary>
  35                 /// <remarks>
  36                 /// Note that the controller is an <c>object</c>. That allows
  37                 /// different implementation of a controller factory to register
  38                 /// different representation of what a controller is (a name, a descriptor etc)
  39                 /// </remarks>
  40                 /// <param name="areaName">The area name, or <c>String.Empty</c></param>
  41                 /// <param name="controllerName">The controller name</param>
  42                 /// <param name="controller">The controller representation</param>
  43                 void AddController(String areaName, String controllerName, Type controller);
  44
  45                 /// <summary>
  46                 /// Returns a controller previously registered.
  47                 /// </summary>
  48                 /// <param name="areaName">The area name, or <c>String.Empty</c></param>
  49                 /// <param name="controllerName">The controller name</param>
  50                 /// <returns>The controller representation or null</returns>
  51                 Type GetController(String areaName, String controllerName);
  52         }
  53 }