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package com.sun.webui.jsf.component;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
/**
* Most components whose renderers write more than one HTML
* element need to implement this interface, which exists to allow
* for a distinction between the component ID and the ID of the
* primary element that can recieve user input or focus. The
* latter is needed to allow the application to maintain
* focus, and to set the forattribute on labels.
*/
public interface ComplexComponent {
/**
* Implement this method so that it returns the DOM ID of the
* HTML element which should receive focus when the component
* receives focus, and to which a component label should apply.
* Usually, this is the first element that accepts input.
*
* @param context The FacesContext for the request
* @return The client id, also the JavaScript element id
* @deprecated
* @see #getLabeledElementId
* @see #getFocusElementId
*/
public String getPrimaryElementID(FacesContext context);
/**
* Returns the absolute ID of an HTML element suitable for use as
* the value of an HTML LABEL element's for attribute.
* If the ComplexComponent has sub-compoents, and one of
* the sub-components is the target of a label, if that sub-component
* is a ComplexComponent, then
* getLabeledElementId must called on the sub-component and
* the value returned. The value returned by this
* method call may or may not resolve to a component instance.
*
* @param context The FacesContext used for the request
* @return An abolute id suitable for the value of an HTML LABEL element's
* for attribute.
*/
public String getLabeledElementId(FacesContext context);
/**
* Returns the id of an HTML element suitable to
* receive the focus.
* If the ComplexComponent has sub-compoents, and one of
* the sub-components is to reveive the focus, if that sub-component
* is a ComplexComponent, then
* getFocusElementId must called on the sub-component and
* the value returned. The value returned by this
* method call may or may not resolve to a component instance.
*
* @param context The FacesContext used for the request
*/
public String getFocusElementId(FacesContext context);
}