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package javax.faces.view.facelets;

/**
 * A mutable set of rules to be used in
 * auto-wiring state to a particular object instance. Rules assigned to
 * this object will be composed into a single Metadata instance which
 * will encapsulate the ruleset.
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class MetaRuleset {


    /**
     * Customize this
     * MetaRuleset instance to advise it to ignore the
     * attribute named by the attribute argument, returning
     * this.
     * @param attribute the name of the attribute to ignore.
     * 
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract MetaRuleset ignore(String attribute);

    /**
     * Customize this
     * MetaRuleset instance to advise it to ignore all
     * attributes, returning
     * this.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract MetaRuleset ignoreAll();

    /**
     * Customize this
     * MetaRuleset by removing the attribute named by
     * argument attribute and re-adding it under the name
     * given by the argument property, returning
     * this.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract MetaRuleset alias(String attribute, String property);

    /**
     * Add another {@link Metadata} to this
     * ruleset, returning this.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract MetaRuleset add(Metadata mapper);

    /**
     * Add another {@link MetaRule} to this
     * ruleset, returning this.
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract MetaRuleset addRule(MetaRule rule);

    /**
     * Take actions to apply the rule.
     * 
     */
    public abstract Metadata finish();
}