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package jakarta.faces.application;
import jakarta.faces.FacesWrapper;
/**
*
* ApplicationFactory is a factory object that
* creates (if needed) and returns {@link Application} instances. Implementations of Jakarta Faces must provide
* at least a default implementation of {@link Application}.
*
*
*
* There must be one {@link ApplicationFactory} instance per web application that is utilizing Jakarta Faces.
* This instance can be acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:
*
*
*
* ApplicationFactory factory = (ApplicationFactory) FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.APPLICATION_FACTORY);
*
*
*
* Usage: extend this class and push the implementation being wrapped to the constructor and use {@link #getWrapped} to
* access the instance being wrapped.
*
*/
public abstract class ApplicationFactory implements FacesWrapper {
private ApplicationFactory wrapped;
/**
* @deprecated Use the other constructor taking the implementation being wrapped.
*/
@Deprecated
public ApplicationFactory() {
}
/**
*
* If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating should push the implementation being
* wrapped to this constructor. The {@link #getWrapped()} will then return the implementation being wrapped.
*
*
* @param wrapped The implementation being wrapped.
*/
public ApplicationFactory(ApplicationFactory wrapped) {
this.wrapped = wrapped;
}
/**
*
* If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide
* access to the implementation being wrapped.
*
*
* @since 2.0
*/
@Override
public ApplicationFactory getWrapped() {
return wrapped;
}
/**
*
* Create (if needed) and return an {@link Application} instance for this web application.
*
*
* @return the application.
*/
public abstract Application getApplication();
/**
*
* Replace the {@link Application} instance that will be returned for this web application.
*
*
* @throws NullPointerException if application is null.
*
* @param application The replacement {@link Application} instance
*/
public abstract void setApplication(Application application);
}