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package javax.faces.context;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.faces.event.PostKeepFlashValueEvent;
import javax.faces.event.PostPutFlashValueEvent;
/**
* The Flash
* concept is taken from Ruby on Rails and provides a way to pass
* temporary objects between the user views generated by the faces
* lifecycle. As in Rails, anything one places in the flash will be
* exposed to the next view encountered by the same user session and
* then cleared out. It is important to note that “next
* view” may have the same view id as the previous view.
*
*
*
* Implementation Requirements
*
* The flash is a session
* scoped object that must be thread safe.
* The implementation requirements will be described in terms of the
* runtime traversing the JSF lifecycle. The flash exposes a
* Map interface over two logical maps. The choice of
* which logical map is accessed depends on the current faces lifecycle
* phase. One logical map is for the current traversal and the other is
* for the next traversal. During the execute portion of the lifecycle,
* all flash accesses are sent to the current traversal map. During the
* render portion of the lifecycle, all flash accesses are sent to the
* next traversal map. On the next traversal through the lifecycle, the
* implementation must ensure that the current traversal map is the next
* traversal map of the previous traversal. Here is an example for
* illustration purposes only.
*
*
*
* Consider an initial request to the faces lifecycle
*
* Traversal N, execute phase: skipped on initial request.
*
* Traversal N, render phase: flash access goes to flash[N].
*
* Traversal N+1, execute phase: flash access goes to flash[N].
*
* Traversal N+1, render phase: flash access goes to flash[N+1].
*
*
*
* The implementation must ensure the proper behaviour of the flash
* is preserved even in the case of a
* <navigation-case> that contains a
* <redirect />. The implementation must ensure the
* proper behavior of the flash is preserved even in the case of
* adjacent GET requests on the same session. This allows Faces
* applications to fully utilize the “Post/Redirect/Get”
* design pattern.
*
* The implementation must allow the user to access the flash via the
* EL implicit object flash and also via {@link
* javax.faces.context.ExternalContext#getFlash}. The implementation must
* ensure that the flash is usable from both JSP and from Facelets for
* JSF 2. In addition to exposing the Map interface, there
* are several features exposed as methods on the Flash
* itself. Each of these features may be accessed via the EL as well,
* as described in the javadocs.
*
* EL Usage Example
*
*
* First page
*
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:c="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsp/jstl/core">
<!-- extra code removed -->
<c:set target="#{flash}" property="foo" value="fooValue" />
* Next page
*
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html">
<!-- extra code removed -->
<h:outputText value="#{flash.foo}" /> will be "fooValue"
without the quotes.
*
*
* The same usage syntax must be available in JSP.
* Note that extra action must be taken when using the flash in
* concert with output components that cause the browser to issue a GET
* request when clicked, such as h:button and
* h:link. The following example illustrates one way to
* use the flash in such circumstances.
*
* First page
<h:button id="nextButton" value="Next (button)" outcome="next.xhtml">
<f:param name="foo" value="bar"/>
</h:button>
* Next page
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:f="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/core"
xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html">
<f:metadata>
<f:viewParam name="foo" id="foo" value="#{flash.now.foo}" />
</f:metadata>
<head /><body>
foo = #{flash.foo}
</body>
</html>
*
* Note that this example uses #{flash.now} on the
* second page. This is because the value doesn't actuall enter the
* flash until the server is processing the GET request sent by the
* browser due to the button being clicked.
*
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract class Flash implements Map {
/** Because null
* values are not allowed as the source for subclasses of EventObject,
* such as {@link PostKeepFlashValueEvent} and {@link PostPutFlashValueEvent},
* this value is substituted for null as the source in the case when a
* null value is put to or kept in the flash.
*/
public static final String NULL_VALUE = "javax.faces.context.Flash.NULL_VALUE";
/**
*
Return the value of this JavaBeans
* property for the flash for this session. This value determines
* whether or not any {@link javax.faces.application.FacesMessage}
* instances queued in the current {@link
* javax.faces.context.FacesContext} must be preserved so they are
* accessible on the next traversal of the lifecycle on this
* session, regardless of the request being a redirect after post,
* or a normal postback. Map accesses for the special
* key “keepMessages” must return the value
* of this JavaBeans property.
*
*
* EL Usage Example
*
*
* First page
*
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:c="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsp/jstl/core">
<!-- extra code removed -->
<c:set target="#{flash}" property="keepMessages" value="true" />
* Next page
*
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:h="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsf/html">
<!-- extra code removed -->
<h:messages /> Any messages present on the first page must be displayed on
this page.
*
*
*
*
* @return the boolean flag whether keeping messages or not.
*
* @since 2.0
*
*/
public abstract boolean isKeepMessages();
/**
* Setter for keepMessages
* JavaBeans property. See {@link #isKeepMessages}.
*
* @param newValue the new value for this property on this session.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract void setKeepMessages(boolean newValue);
/**
* Return the value of this property
* for the flash for this session. This must be false
* unless:
*
*
*
*
* {@link #setRedirect} was called for the current
* lifecycle traversal with true as the
* argument.
The current lifecycle traversal for this session is in the
* “execute” phase and the previous traversal had {@link
* #setRedirect} called with true as the
* argument.
*
*
* @return the value of this property for the flash for this session.
*
*/
public abstract boolean isRedirect();
/**
* Setting this property to
* true indicates that the next request on this session
* will be a redirect. Recall that on a redirect, the server sends
* a special response to the client instructing it to issue a new
* request to a specific URI. The implementation must insure that
* reading the value of this property on that request will return
* true.
*
* EL Usage Example
*
*
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:c="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsp/jstl/core">
<!-- extra code removed -->
<c:set target="#{flash}" property="redirect" value="true" />
*
*
*
*
* @param newValue the new value for this property on this session.
*
* @since 2.0
*
*/
public abstract void setRedirect(boolean newValue);
/**
* Puts a value in the flash so that it
* can be accessed on this traversal of the lifecycle, rather than
* on the next traversal. This is simply an alias for putting a
* value in the request map.
*
*
* EL Usage Example
*
*
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
xmlns:c="http://xmlns.jcp.org/jsp/jstl/core">
<!-- extra code removed -->
<c:set target="#{flash.now}" property="bar" value="barValue" />
<p>Value of \#{flash.now.bar}, should be barValue.</p>
<h:outputText value="#{flash.now.bar}" />
*
*
*
*
* @param key the key for this entry
* @param value the value for this entry
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract void putNow(String key, Object value);
/**
* Causes a value stored with a
* previous call to {@link #putNow}, its EL equivalent, or to the
* request Map, to be promoted to the flash so that is
* available on the next traversal through the lifecycle on this
* session.
*
* @param key if argument key is the name of an entry
* previously stored to the flash on this traversal through the
* lifecycle via a call to {@link #putNow}, or to a set to the EL
* expression #{flash.now.<key>}, or to the
* request Map, to be promoted to the flash as if a call
* to put() or a set to the expression
* #{flash.<key>} was being called.
*/
public abstract void keep(String key);
/**
* Called before the execution of every
* lifecycle phase, this method allows implementations to take the
* necessary actions to provide the Flash scope contract as it
* applies to the request procesing lifecycle.
*
* @param ctx the FacesContext for this request.
*/
public abstract void doPrePhaseActions(FacesContext ctx);
/**
* Called after the execution of every
* lifecycle phase, this method allows implementations to take the
* necessary actions to provide the Flash scope contract as it
* applies to the request procesing lifecycle.
*
* @param ctx the FacesContext for this request.
*/
public abstract void doPostPhaseActions(FacesContext ctx);
}