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package javax.faces.component;
import javax.el.MethodExpression;
import javax.faces.event.ActionListener;
/**
* ActionSource2 extends {@link ActionSource} and
* provides a JavaBeans property analogous to the "action"
* property on ActionSource. The difference is the type of
* this property is a {@link MethodExpression} rather than a
* MethodBinding. This allows the
* ActionSource concept to leverage the new Unified EL
* API.
*
* @since 1.2
*/
public interface ActionSource2 extends ActionSource {
// -------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
/**
* Return the {@link MethodExpression} pointing at the application
* action to be invoked, if this {@link UIComponent} is activated by
* the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke
* Application phase of the request processing lifecycle,
* depending on the value of the immediate
* property.
*
* Note that it's possible that the returned
* MethodExpression is just a wrapper around a
* MethodBinding instance whith was set by a call to
* {@link ActionSource#setAction}. This makes it possible for the
* default {@link ActionListener} to continue to work properly with
* older components.
*/
public MethodExpression getActionExpression();
/**
* Set the {@link MethodExpression} pointing at the appication
* action to be invoked, if this {@link UIComponent} is activated by
* the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke
* Application phase of the request processing lifecycle,
* depending on the value of the immediate
* property.
*
* Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with
* a return type of String, and accept no parameters.
*
* @param action The new method expression
*/
public void setActionExpression(MethodExpression action);
}