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package javax.faces.context;

import javax.faces.FacesException;
import javax.faces.event.AbortProcessingException;
import javax.faces.event.ExceptionQueuedEvent;
import javax.faces.event.SystemEvent;
import javax.faces.event.SystemEventListener;


/**
 * ExceptionHandler is the central
 * point for handling unexpected Exceptions that
 * are thrown during the Faces lifecycle. The
 * ExceptionHandler must not be notified of any
 * Exceptions that occur during application startup or
 * shutdown.

 * 
 *
 * See the specification prose document for the requirements for the
 * default implementation.  Exceptions may be passed to the
 * ExceptionHandler in one of two ways:
 *
 * 
 *
 * by ensuring that Exceptions are not caught, or
 * are caught and re-thrown.
 *
 *         This approach allows the ExceptionHandler
 *         facility specified in section JSF.6.2 to operate on the
 *         Exception.
 *
 *         
 *
 * By using the system event facility to publish an {@link
 * ExceptionQueuedEvent} that wraps the Exception.
 *
 *         This approach requires manually publishing the {@link
 *         ExceptionQueuedEvent}, but allows more information about the
 *         Exceptionto be stored in the event.  The
 *         following code is an example of how to do this.
 *
 * 
 *
 * //...
 * } catch (Exception e) {
 *   FacesContext ctx = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();
 *   ExceptionQueuedEventContext eventContext = new ExceptionQueuedEventContext(ctx, e);
 *   eventContext.getAttributes().put("key", "value");
 *   ctx.getApplication().publishEvent(ExceptionQueuedEvent.class, eventContext);
 * }
 *
 * 
 *
 *            Because the Exception must not be re-thrown
 *            when using this approach, lifecycle processing may continue
 *            as normal, allowing more Exceptions to be
 *            published if necessary.
 *
 *         
 * 
 *
 * With either approach, any ExceptionQueuedEvent instances
 * that are published in this way are accessible to the {@link #handle}
 * method, which is called at the end of each lifecycle phase, as
 * specified in section JSF.6.2.

 * Note that if {@link #handle} happens to
 * be invoked during {@link javax.faces.event.PhaseId#RENDER_RESPONSE},
 * the recovery options are more limited than when it is invoked during
 * other phases.  Specifically, it is not valid to call {@link
 * javax.faces.application.NavigationHandler#handleNavigation} during
 * {@code RENDER_RESPONSE}.

 * Instances of this class are request scoped and are created by
 * virtue of {@link FacesContextFactory#getFacesContext} calling {@link
 * ExceptionHandlerFactory#getExceptionHandler}.
 *
 * 
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class ExceptionHandler implements SystemEventListener {

   /**
    * Take action to handle the
    * Exception instances residing inside the {@link
    * ExceptionQueuedEvent} instances that have been queued by calls to
    * Application().publishEvent(ExceptionQueuedEvent.class,
    * eventContext).  The requirements of the default
    * implementation are detailed in section JSF.6.2.1.

    * @throws FacesException if and only if a problem occurs while
    * performing the algorithm to handle the Exception, not
    * as a means of conveying a handled Exception itself.
    *
    * @since 2.0
    */
    public abstract void handle() throws FacesException;


    /**
     * Return the first
     * ExceptionQueuedEvent handled by this handler.
     * 
     * @return instance of ExceptionQueuedEvent.
     * 
     */
    public abstract ExceptionQueuedEvent getHandledExceptionQueuedEvent();


    /**
     * Return an Iterable over
     * all ExceptionQueuedEvents that have not yet been handled
     * by the {@link #handle} method.
     * 
     *  @return the unhandled set of ExceptionQueuedEvents.
     * 
     */
    public abstract Iterable getUnhandledExceptionQueuedEvents();


    /**
     * The default implementation must
     * return an Iterable over all
     * ExceptionQueuedEvents that have been handled by the {@link
     * #handle} method.
     * 
     * @return an Iterable over all ExceptionQueuedEvents.
     * 
     */
    public abstract Iterable getHandledExceptionQueuedEvents();


    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public abstract void processEvent(SystemEvent exceptionQueuedEvent) throws AbortProcessingException;


    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public abstract boolean isListenerForSource(Object source);

    
    /**
     * Unwrap the argument t
     * until the unwrapping encounters an Object whose
     * getClass() is not equal to
     * FacesException.class or
     * javax.el.ELException.class.  If there is no root cause, null is returned.
     *
     * @param t passed-in wrapped Throwable.
     *
     * @return unwrapped object.
     * 
     * @throws NullPointerException if argument t is
     * null.
     * 
     * @since 2.0
     */
    public abstract Throwable getRootCause(Throwable t);

}