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package jakarta.faces.view.facelets;

/**
 * 
 * An interface that allows other code to identify FaceletHandlers that correspond to component attributes.
 * 
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface AttributeHandler {

    /**
     * 
     * Returns the resolved literal String value of the attribute name after evaluating EL.
     * 
     *
     * @param ctx the FaceletContext for this view execution
     *
     * @return the literal string value of the attribute name after evaluating EL
     */
    String getAttributeName(FaceletContext ctx);
}