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package javax.faces.component;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Components that want to leverage the
* partial state saving feature must implement this interface instead of
* implementing {@link StateHolder}, from which this interface
* inherits.
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface PartialStateHolder extends StateHolder {
/**
* The runtime must ensure that the
* {@link #markInitialState} method is called on each instance of
* this interface in the view at the appropriate time to indicate
* the component is in its initial state. The implementor of the
* interface must ensure that {@link #initialStateMarked} returns
* true from the time markInitialState()
* is called until {@link #clearInitialState} is called, after which
* time initialStateMarked() must return
* false. Also, during the time that the instance
* returns true from initialStateMarked(),
* the implementation must return only the state that has changed in
* its implementation of {@link StateHolder#saveState}.
* @since 2.0
*/
void markInitialState();
/**
* Return true if delta
* state changes are being tracked, otherwise false
* @since 2.0
*/
boolean initialStateMarked();
/**
* Reset the PartialStateHolder to a
* non-delta tracking state.
* @since 2.0
*/
void clearInitialState();
}