String componentHintParams = null;
String hintParams = null;
// firstly, determine if any pipeline-hints are defined at the component level
// if so, inherit these pipeline-hints (these hints can be overriden by local pipeline-hints)
SitemapComponentSelector selector = null;
try {
selector = (SitemapComponentSelector)this.manager.lookup(role + "Selector");
componentHintParams = selector.getPipelineHint(hint);
} catch (Exception ex) {
if (getLogger().isWarnEnabled()) {
getLogger().warn("pipeline-hints: Component Exception: could not " +
"check for component level hints " + ex);
}