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package jakarta.faces.flow;

import jakarta.faces.context.FacesContext;

/**
 * 
 * Represents a case within a switch node in the flow graph. See {@link SwitchNode}.
 * 
 *
 * @since 2.2
 */
public abstract class SwitchCase {

    /**
     * 
     * Return the outcome to be used if {@link #getCondition} return {@code true}.
     * 
     *
     * @since 2.2
     *
     * @return the outcome
     */
    public abstract String getFromOutcome();

    /**
     * 
     * Return {@code true} if this case should be taken, {@code false} otherwise.
     * 
     *
     * @since 2.2
     *
     * @param context the {@code FacesContext} for the current request.
     *
     * @return a value indicating whether or not this condition should be taken
     */
    public abstract Boolean getCondition(FacesContext context);

}