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package javax.servlet.jsp;
import javax.servlet.Servlet;
import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;
/**
*
* The JspFactory is an abstract class that defines a number of factory
* methods available to a JSP page at runtime for the purposes of creating
* instances of various interfaces and classes used to support the JSP
* implementation.
*
* A conformant JSP Engine implementation will, during it's initialization
* instantiate an implementation dependent subclass of this class, and make
* it globally available for use by JSP implementation classes by registering
* the instance created with this class via the
* static setDefaultFactory() method.
*
* The PageContext and the JspEngineInfo classes are the only implementation-dependent
* classes that can be created from the factory.
*
* JspFactory objects should not be used by JSP page authors.
*/
public abstract class JspFactory {
private static JspFactory deflt = null;
/**
* Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors,
* typically implicit.)
*/
public JspFactory() {
}
/**
*
* set the default factory for this implementation. It is illegal for
* any principal other than the JSP Engine runtime to call this method.
*
*
* @param deflt The default factory implementation
*/
public static synchronized void setDefaultFactory(JspFactory deflt) {
JspFactory.deflt = deflt;
}
/**
* Returns the default factory for this implementation.
*
* @return the default factory for this implementation
*/
public static synchronized JspFactory getDefaultFactory() {
return deflt;
}
/**
*
* obtains an instance of an implementation dependent
* javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext abstract class for the calling Servlet
* and currently pending request and response.
*
*
*
* This method is typically called early in the processing of the
* _jspService() method of a JSP implementation class in order to
* obtain a PageContext object for the request being processed.
*
*
* Invoking this method shall result in the PageContext.initialize()
* method being invoked. The PageContext returned is properly initialized.
*
*
* All PageContext objects obtained via this method shall be released
* by invoking releasePageContext().
*
*
* @param servlet the requesting servlet
* @param request the current request pending on the servlet
* @param response the current response pending on the servlet
* @param errorPageURL the URL of the error page for the requesting JSP, or null
* @param needsSession true if the JSP participates in a session
* @param buffer size of buffer in bytes, PageContext.NO_BUFFER if no buffer,
* PageContext.DEFAULT_BUFFER if implementation default.
* @param autoflush should the buffer autoflush to the output stream on buffer
* overflow, or throw an IOException?
*
* @return the page context
*
* @see javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext
*/
public abstract PageContext getPageContext(Servlet servlet,
ServletRequest request,
ServletResponse response,
String errorPageURL,
boolean needsSession,
int buffer,
boolean autoflush);
/**
*
* called to release a previously allocated PageContext object.
* Results in PageContext.release() being invoked.
* This method should be invoked prior to returning from the _jspService() method of a JSP implementation
* class.
*
*
* @param pc A PageContext previously obtained by getPageContext()
*/
public abstract void releasePageContext(PageContext pc);
/**
*
* called to get implementation-specific information on the current JSP engine.
*
*
* @return a JspEngineInfo object describing the current JSP engine
*/
public abstract JspEngineInfo getEngineInfo();
/**
*
* Obtain the JspApplicationContext instance that was associated
* within the passed ServletContext for this web application.
*
*
* @param context the current web application's ServletContext
* @return JspApplicationContext instance
* @since 2.1
*/
public abstract JspApplicationContext getJspApplicationContext(ServletContext context);
}