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package javax.faces.view.facelets;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.el.ELContext;
import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;
import javax.el.FunctionMapper;
import javax.el.VariableMapper;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
/**
* Context representative of a single
* request from a Facelet. This instance is passed to nearly every
* method call in this API.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract class FaceletContext extends ELContext {
// The key in the FacesContext attribute map
// for the FaceletContext instance.
public static final String FACELET_CONTEXT_KEY =
"javax.faces.FACELET_CONTEXT".intern();
/**
* The current FacesContext bound to
* this "request". Must not be null.
*
* @return The current FacesContext bound to this "request".
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract FacesContext getFacesContext();
/**
* Generate a unique ID for the passed
* String
*
* @param base the string from which to generate the ID.
*
* @return the generated id
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract String generateUniqueId(String base);
/**
* The ExpressionFactory to use within
* the Facelet this context is executing upon. Must not be
* null.
*
* @return the {@code ExpressionFactory} for this Facelet.
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory();
/**
* Set the VariableMapper to use in EL
* evaluation/creation.
*
* @param varMapper the new VariableMapper
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract void setVariableMapper(VariableMapper varMapper);
/**
* Set the FunctionMapper to use in EL
* evaluation/creation.
*
* @param fnMapper the new FunctionMapper
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract void setFunctionMapper(FunctionMapper fnMapper);
/**
* Support method which is backed by
* the current VariableMapper.
*
* @param name the name of the attribute
* @param value the value of the attribute
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract void setAttribute(String name, Object value);
/**
* Return an attribute set by a
* previous call to {@link #setAttribute}. Support method which is
* backed by the current VariableMapper
*
* @param name the name of the attribute to return.
*
* @return the value of the named attribute
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract Object getAttribute(String name);
/**
* Include another Facelet defined at
* some path, relative to the executing context, not the current
* Facelet (same as include directive in Jakarta Server Pages)
*
* @param parent the UIComponent that will be the
* parent of any components in the included facelet.
* @param relativePath the path of the resource containing the
* facelet markup, relative to the current markup
* @throws IOException if unable to load relativePath
* @throws FaceletException if unable to parse the markup loaded from relativePath
* @throws javax.faces.FacesException if unable to create child UIComponent instances
* @throws javax.el.ELException if any of the expressions in the markup
* loaded from relativePath fail
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public abstract void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent, String relativePath)
throws IOException;
/**
* Include another Facelet defined at
* some path, absolute to this ClassLoader/OS
*
* @param parent the UIComponent that will be the
* parent of any components in the included facelet.
* @param absolutePath the absolute path to the resource containing
* the facelet markup
* @throws IOException if unable to load relativePath
* @throws FaceletException if unable to parse the markup loaded from relativePath
* @throws javax.faces.FacesException if unable to create child UIComponent instances
* @throws javax.el.ELException if any of the expressions in the markup
* loaded from relativePath fail
*/
public abstract void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent, URL absolutePath)
throws IOException;
}