public function setAbsoluteAssetsPath($path) {

		$path = rtrim($path, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR;

		if(!is_null($this->rootPath) && 0 !== strpos($path, $this->rootPath)) {
			throw new ApplicationException(sprintf("'%s' not within application path '%s'.", $path, $this->rootPath), ApplicationException::PATH_MISMATCH);
		}

		$this->absoluteAssetsPath = $path;

		return $this;

	}