com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api
Interface ImageComponent

All Superinterfaces:

ContentComponent

public interface ImageComponent

extends ContentComponent

Represents an Image component.

A ImageComponent is a ContentComponent and cannot be stored as a separate entity in the repository.

A ImageComponent can contain one image. The contents of the image file are dealt with as raw byte content. This interface provides methods to manipulate the image file and the attributes to use when displaying the image.

note: since v6.0.0, a ContentComponent is referred to as an "Element" in the Authoring UI.

See Also:

ContentComponent

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getAltText() Returns the alternate text for the image.
java.lang.String	getBorder() Returns the border attribute of the image.
java.lang.String	getHeight() Returns the height of the image.
byte[]	getImage() Returns the contents of the image file contained within this component as a byte array.
java.lang.String	getImageFileName() Returns the filename of the image file contained within this component.
java.lang.String	getNameTag() Returns the HTML tag name of the image.
java.lang.String	getWidth() Returns the width of the image.
void	setAltText(java.lang.String altText) Sets the alternate text of the image.
void	setBorder(java.lang.String border) Sets the image border.
void	setHeight(java.lang.String height) Sets the image height.
void	setImage(java.lang.String imageFileName, byte[] image) Sets the image file contained within this component.
void	setNameTag(java.lang.String name) Sets the HTML tag name of the image.
void	setWidth(java.lang.String width) Sets the width of the image.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.workplace.wcm.api.ContentComponent

getContainer, getName

Method Detail

getImage

public byte[] getImage()
                throws AuthorizationException,
                       PropertyRetrievalException

Returns the contents of the image file contained within this component as a byte array.

Returns an empty byte array if an image file has not been specified or the byte content could not be retrieved.

Returns:

the image file content as a byte array

Throws:

AuthorizationException - if the user does not have access to the image

PropertyRetrievalException - if the image cannot be retrieved

getImageFileName

public java.lang.String getImageFileName()
                                  throws AuthorizationException,
                                         PropertyRetrievalException

Returns the filename of the image file contained within this component.

Returns null if an image file has not been set.

Returns:

the filename of the image

Throws:

AuthorizationException - if the user does not have access to the image

PropertyRetrievalException - if the image cannot be retrieved

setImage

public void setImage(java.lang.String imageFileName,
                     byte[] image)
              throws OperationFailedException

Sets the image file contained within this component.

This method does not accept null arguments. Passing a null argument into this method will result in a NullPointerException.

Parameters:

imageFileName - the filename of the image file

image - the content of the image file as a byte array

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if either of the arguments imageFileName or image are null

OperationFailedException - if the image file could not be set

getBorder

public java.lang.String getBorder()

Returns the border attribute of the image. Returns null if a border value has not been set, otherwise the border attribute will be returned.

Returns:

the border

See Also:

setBorder(String)

setBorder

public void setBorder(java.lang.String border)
               throws OperationFailedException

Sets the image border.

If the string argument passed in to this method cannot be converted to an integer, an exception is thrown.

This method will automatically convert a null argument to the string "0".

Parameters:

border - the image border

Throws:

OperationFailedException - if the string argument cannot be converted to an integer or the border could not be set to the specified value

getAltText

public java.lang.String getAltText()

Returns the alternate text for the image.

Returns null if alternate text has not been set or the alternate text value has specifically been set to null.

Returns:

the alternate text

setAltText

public void setAltText(java.lang.String altText)

Sets the alternate text of the image.

If a null argument is passed in to this method getAltText() will return null.

Parameters:

altText - the alternate text

getNameTag

public java.lang.String getNameTag()

Returns the HTML tag name of the image. Returns null if the HTML tag name has not been specified or the HTML tag name has specifically been set to null.

Returns:

the name in the image tag

setNameTag

public void setNameTag(java.lang.String name)

Sets the HTML tag name of the image.

Set the HTML tag name of the image to refer to the image using JavaScript™.

If a null argument is passed in to this method getNameTag() will return null.

Parameters:

name - the HTML tag name of the image

getWidth

public java.lang.String getWidth()

Returns the width of the image. This is the width of the image when it is displayed.

Returns null if the width has not been set or the width value has specifically been set to null.

Returns:

the width

setWidth

public void setWidth(java.lang.String width)
              throws OperationFailedException

Sets the width of the image. This is the width of the image when it is displayed.

If the string argument passed in to this method cannot be converted to an integer, an exception is thrown.

If a null argument is passed in to this method getWidth() will return null.

Parameters:

width - the image width.

Throws:

OperationFailedException - if the string argument cannot be converted to an integer or the width could not be set to the specified value

getHeight

public java.lang.String getHeight()

Returns the height of the image. This is the height of the image when it is displayed.

Returns null if the height has not been set or the height has specifically been set to null.

Returns:

the height

setHeight

public void setHeight(java.lang.String height)
               throws OperationFailedException

Sets the image height. This is the height of the image when it is displayed.

If the string argument passed in to this method cannot be converted to an integer, an exception is thrown.

If a null argument is passed in to this method getHeight() will return null.

Parameters:

height - the image height

Throws:

OperationFailedException - if the string argument cannot be converted to an integer or the height could not be set to the specified value