org.w3c.jigsaw.pics
Interface LabelServiceInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

SampleLabelService

public interface LabelServiceInterface

Method Summary

void	dump(java.lang.StringBuffer buffer, int format) Dump this service description into the provided buffer.
LabelInterface	getGenericLabel(java.net.URL u) Get the most specific generic label for the given URL.
LabelInterface[]	getGenericTreeLabels(java.net.URL u) Get the generic tree labels for the given URL.
LabelInterface	getSpecificLabel(java.net.URL u) Get the specific labels for a given URL.
LabelInterface[]	getTreeLabels(java.net.URL u) Get the tree labels for the given URL.

Method Detail

getSpecificLabel

LabelInterface getSpecificLabel(java.net.URL u)

Get the specific labels for a given URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL whose label is to be fetched.

Returns:

An object conorminig to the LabelInterface, or null if none was found.

getGenericLabel

LabelInterface getGenericLabel(java.net.URL u)

Get the most specific generic label for the given URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL whose label is to be retreived.

Returns:

An object conforming to the LabelInterface, or null if none was found.

getTreeLabels

LabelInterface[] getTreeLabels(java.net.URL u)

Get the tree labels for the given URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL whose tree labels are to be retreieved.

Returns:

An array of objects conforming to the LabelInterface, or null if none was found.

getGenericTreeLabels

LabelInterface[] getGenericTreeLabels(java.net.URL u)

Get the generic tree labels for the given URL.

Parameters:

url - The URL whose labels is to be retreieved.

Returns:

An array of object conforming to the LabelInterface, or null if none was found.

dump

void dump(java.lang.StringBuffer buffer,
          int format)

Dump this service description into the provided buffer. This method is called by the protocol handler, whenever it needs to send back the service description.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer in whichi to dump the service description.

format - The format in which this service is to be dumped (which can be any of ... FIXME)