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package javax.faces.view;

import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

/**
 * The abstract base interface for a handler representing an attached object in a PDL page. Subinterfaces are
 * provided for the common attached objects that expose {@link javax.faces.convert.Converter Converter},
 * {@link javax.faces.validator.Validator Validator}, {@link javax.faces.event.ValueChangeEvent ValueChangeEvent}, and
 * {@link javax.faces.event.ActionListener ActionListener} for use by page authors.
 * 
 * @author Simon Lessard (latest modification by $Author: bommel $)
 * @version $Revision: 1187700 $ $Date: 2011-10-22 07:19:37 -0500 (Sat, 22 Oct 2011) $
 * 
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface AttachedObjectHandler
{
    /**
     * Take the argument parent and apply this attached object to it. The action taken varies
     * with class that implements one of the subinterfaces of this interface.
     * 
     * @param context
     *            The FacesContext for this request
     * @param parent
     *            The UIComponent to which this particular attached object must be applied.
     */
    public void applyAttachedObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent parent);

    /**
     * Return the value of the "for" attribute specified by the page author on the tag for this
     * AttachedObjectHandler.
     * 
     * @return the value of the "for" attribute specified by the page author on the tag for this
     *         AttachedObjectHandler.
     */
    public String getFor();
}




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