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package org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets;

import javax.el.ELException;
import javax.faces.FacesException;
import javax.faces.view.facelets.FaceletException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;

/**
 * FaceletFactory for producing Facelets relative to the context of the underlying implementation.
 * 
 * @author Jacob Hookom
 * @version $Id: FaceletFactory.java,v 1.4 2008/07/13 19:01:39 rlubke Exp $
 */
public abstract class FaceletFactory
{

    private static ThreadLocal instance = new ThreadLocal();

    /**
     * Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI.
     * 
     * @param uri
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws FaceletException
     * @throws FacesException
     * @throws ELException
     */
    public abstract Facelet getFacelet(String uri) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Create a Facelet from the passed URL. This method checks if the cached Facelet needs to be refreshed before
     * returning. If so, uses the passed URL to build a new instance;
     * 
     * @param url
     *            source url
     * @return Facelet instance
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws FaceletException
     * @throws FacesException
     * @throws ELException
     */
    public abstract Facelet getFacelet(URL url) throws IOException, FaceletException, FacesException, ELException;
    
    /**
     * Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI. The returned facelet is used
     * to create view metadata in this form: 
     * 
     * UIViewRoot(in facet javax_faces_metadata(one or many UIViewParameter instances))
     * 
     * 
     * This method should be called from FaceletViewMetadata.createMetadataView(FacesContext context)  
     * 
     * 
     * @since 2.0
     * @param uri
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract Facelet getViewMetadataFacelet(String uri) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Create a Facelet used to create view metadata from the passed URL. This method checks if the 
     * cached Facelet needs to be refreshed before returning. If so, uses the passed URL to build a new instance;
     * 
     * @since 2.0
     * @param url source url
     * @return Facelet instance
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws FaceletException
     * @throws FacesException
     * @throws ELException
     */
    public abstract Facelet getViewMetadataFacelet(URL url) throws IOException, FaceletException, FacesException, ELException;

    /**
     * Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI. The returned facelet is used
     * to create composite component metadata.
     * 
     * This method should be called from vdl.getComponentMetadata(FacesContext context)  
     * 
     * 
     * @since 2.0.1
     * @param uri
     * @return
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public abstract Facelet getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet(String uri) throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Create a Facelet used to create composite component metadata from the passed URL. This method checks if the 
     * cached Facelet needs to be refreshed before returning. If so, uses the passed URL to build a new instance.
     * 
     * @since 2.0.1
     * @param url source url
     * @return Facelet instance
     * @throws IOException
     * @throws FaceletException
     * @throws FacesException
     * @throws ELException
     */
    public abstract Facelet getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet(URL url) throws IOException, FaceletException, FacesException, ELException;
    
    /**
     * Set the static instance
     * 
     * @param factory
     */
    public static final void setInstance(FaceletFactory factory)
    {
        if (factory == null)
        {
            instance.remove();
        }
        else
        {
            instance.set(factory);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the static instance
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public static final FaceletFactory getInstance()
    {
        return instance.get();
    }
}