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package javax.servlet.jsp;

import javax.el.ELContextListener;
import javax.el.ELResolver;
import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;

/**
 * 
 * Stores application-scoped information for the JSP container.
 * 
 *
 * @since JSP 2.1
 */
public interface JspApplicationContext {

    /**
     * Registers an ELContextListener that will be notified whenever a new ELContext is
     * created.
     * 
     * At the very least, any ELContext instantiated will have reference to the JspContext
     * under JspContext.class.
     *
     * @param listener The listener to add
     */
    void addELContextListener(ELContextListener listener);

    /**
     * 

     * Adds an ELResolver to the chain of EL variable and property management within JSP pages and Tag
     * files.
     * 
     * 
     * JSP has a default set of ELResolvers to chain for all EL evaluation:
     * 
     * 
     * ImplicitObjectELResolver
     * ELResolver instances registered with this method
     * MapELResolver
     * ListELResolver
     * ArrayELResolver
     * BeanELResolver
     * ScopedAttributeELResolver
     * 
     *
     * @param resolver an additional resolver
     *
     * @throws IllegalStateException if called after the application's ServletContextListeners have been
     *                                   initialized.
     */
    void addELResolver(ELResolver resolver);

    /**
     * 
     * Returns the JSP container's ExpressionFactory implementation for EL use.
     * 
     *
     * @return an ExpressionFactory implementation
     */
    ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory();

}