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package javax.faces.render;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
/**
* RenderKitFactory is a factory object that registers
* and returns {@link RenderKit} instances. Implementations of
* JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of
* {@link RenderKit}. Advanced implementations (or external third party
* libraries) may provide additional {@link RenderKit} implementations
* (keyed by render kit identifiers) for performing different types of
* rendering for the same components.
*
* There must be one {@link RenderKitFactory} instance per web
* application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces. This instance can be
* acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:
*
* RenderKitFactory factory = (RenderKitFactory)
* FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.RENDER_KIT_FACTORY);
*
*/
public abstract class RenderKitFactory {
/**
* The render kit identifier of the default {@link RenderKit} instance
* for this JavaServer Faces implementation.
*/
public static final String HTML_BASIC_RENDER_KIT = "HTML_BASIC";
/**
* Register the specified {@link RenderKit} instance, associated with
* the specified renderKitId, to be supported by this
* {@link RenderKitFactory}, replacing any previously registered
* {@link RenderKit} for this identifier.
*
* @param renderKitId Identifier of the {@link RenderKit} to register
* @param renderKit {@link RenderKit} instance that we are registering
*
* @throws NullPointerException if renderKitId or
* renderKit is null
*/
public abstract void addRenderKit(String renderKitId,
RenderKit renderKit);
/**
* Return a {@link RenderKit} instance for the specified render
* kit identifier, possibly customized based on dynamic
* characteristics of the specified {@link FacesContext}, if
* non-null. If there is no registered {@link
* RenderKit} for the specified identifier, return
* null. The set of available render kit identifiers
* is available via the getRenderKitIds() method.
*
* @param context FacesContext for the request currently being
* processed, or null if none is available.
* @param renderKitId Render kit identifier of the requested
* {@link RenderKit} instance
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if no {@link RenderKit} instance
* can be returned for the specified identifier
* @throws NullPointerException if renderKitId is
* null
*/
public abstract RenderKit getRenderKit(FacesContext context,
String renderKitId);
/**
* Return an Iterator over the set of render kit
* identifiers registered with this factory. This set must include
* the value specified by RenderKitFactory.HTML_BASIC_RENDER_KIT.
*
*/
public abstract Iterator getRenderKitIds();
}