package jas2.bean;

/**
 * A simple mechanism to allow beans within an HTML page within JAS to locate other
 * beans on the same page and to interact with the JAS enviroment. An embedded bean
 * must implement PageContextHook to be able to access this information.
 */

public interface PageContext
{
	/**
	 * Locate an object on the current page by name
	 */
	Object getBean(String name);
	/**
	 * Get an enumeration of all the objects on the current page
	 */
	java.util.Enumeration getBeans();
	/**
	 * Requests that the argument string be displayed in the "status window".
	 */
	void showStatus(String message);
	/**
	 * Replaces the Web page currently being viewed with the given URL
	 */
	void showDocument(java.net.URL url);
	/**
	 * Get the base URL of the current page
	 */
	java.net.URL getDocumentBase();  
}