WSRP Interfaces

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• WSRP Interfaces
• Navigational Parameters

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Overview

• Navigational Parameters define portlet inputs
  that augment/influence portlet navigational
  state.
• Designed for coordination not state management.

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Usage

• Consumer optionally supplies navigational
  parameters to the portlet on each pbi, he, markup
  call.
• Values passed designed for one time use
• Overrides navigational state
• Generally not retained by portlet

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PortletDescription

• Add a navigationalParameterDescriptions field
• PortletDescription . O QName   
   handledEvents O ModelDescription
  navigationalParameterDescriptions O
  string    userCategories .

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RuntimeContext

• Replace publicParameters field with
  navigationalParamerters field
• RuntimeContext  R string   userAuthentication 
   O Key      portletInstanceKey  O string
    namespacePrefix  O string   interactionFieldP
  refix  O Templates templates  O ID   
     sessionID  O Property navigationalParameters
    O Extension extensions

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Portlet setting a value

• See Richs earlier proposal on Public Parameters
• PBI and HandleEvents return a navigationalParamete
  r array in response
• URLs can be encoded from getMarkup