# Package org.apache.tiles.core.definition

package org.apache.tiles.core.definition
It contains classes and interfaces to allow manipulations of "definitions", i.e. objects made of a template page and a number of filled attributes.

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  org.apache.tiles.core.definition.dao
  Classes to simply load definitions depending on a customization key.
  org.apache.tiles.core.definition.digester
  Allows reading definitions with the use of Jakarta Commons Digester.
  org.apache.tiles.core.definition.pattern
  Classes to manage pattern matching in definition names, and substitution in attributes.
- Class
  Description
  DefinitionsFactory
  Interface for creating a `Definition`s and managing their contents.
  DefinitionsFactoryException
  Exception thrown when an error occurs while the impl tries to create a new instance mapper.
  DefinitionsReader
  Interface for reading ``Definition`` from a source.
  NoSuchDefinitionException
  Exception thrown when a definition is not found.
  RefreshMonitor
  Implementing this interface means that the object monitors the sources it uses to check when they change.
  UnresolvingLocaleDefinitionsFactory
  `DefinitionsFactory` implementation that manages Definitions configuration data from URLs, without resolving definition inheritance when a definition is returned.