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017    package org.apache.geronimo.console.gbean;
018    
019    /**
020     * Interface for a GBean that describes a context forward (that is, a
021     * certain URL pattern in the console should be forwarded to a similar URL in
022     * one of the portlet web applications without requiring a separate login).
023     *
024     * This is managed by a single servlet in the portal web app (say, mapped to
025     * /forwards/*).  Therefore each ContextForward must specify three pieces of
026     * information -- the prefix under the portal servlet that should be forwarded,
027     * the context to forward to, and the path to forward to within the context.
028     * For example, if it specified "myimages/", "myportlet", and "images" then a
029     * request to /console/forwards/myimages/foo.png would be forwarded to
030     * /myportlet/images/foo.png
031     *
032     * @version $Rev: 476061 $ $Date: 2006-11-17 01:36:50 -0500 (Fri, 17 Nov 2006) $
033     */
034    public interface ContextForward {
035        /**
036         * Gets the prefix for the portal servlet's path that should be forwarded
037         * according to this definition.  This is "myimages/" in the example above.
038         */
039        String getPortalPathPrefix();
040        /**
041         * Gets the context root that this request should forward to ("myportlet"
042         * in the example above).
043         */
044        String getPortletContextPath();
045    
046        /**
047         * Gets the servlet path that this request should forward to in the
048         * destination context.  Any data after the servlet path and portal path
049         * prefix in the original URL will be appended to the portlet context
050         * path and servlet path to construct the destination URL.
051         */
052        String getPortletServletPath();
053    }