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package javax.faces.component;
import javax.faces.el.MethodBinding;
import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.faces.event.ActionListener;
/**
*
* ActionSource is an interface that may be implemented by any concrete
* {@link UIComponent} that wishes to be a source of {@link ActionEvent}s, including the ability to
* invoke application actions via the default {@link ActionListener} mechanism.
*
*/
public interface ActionSource {
// -------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
/**
*
* Return a flag indicating that the default {@link ActionListener} provided by the JavaServer
* Faces implementation should be executed immediately (that is, during Apply Request
* Values phase of the request processing lifecycle), rather than waiting until the
* Invoke Application phase. The default value for this property must be
* false.
*
*
* @return true if immediate, false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isImmediate();
/**
*
* Set the "immediate execution" flag for this {@link UIComponent}.
*
*
* @param immediate The new immediate execution flag
*/
public void setImmediate(boolean immediate);
// -------------------------------------------------- Event Listener Methods
/**
*
* Add a new {@link ActionListener} to the set of listeners interested in being notified when
* {@link ActionEvent}s occur.
*
*
* @param listener The {@link ActionListener} to be added
*
* @throws NullPointerException if listener is null
*/
public void addActionListener(ActionListener listener);
/**
*
* Return the set of registered {@link ActionListener}s for this {@link ActionSource} instance.
* If there are no registered listeners, a zero-length array is returned.
*
*
* @return the action listeners, or a zero-length array.
*/
public abstract ActionListener[] getActionListeners();
/**
*
* Remove an existing {@link ActionListener} (if any) from the set of listeners interested in
* being notified when {@link ActionEvent}s occur.
*
*
* @param listener The {@link ActionListener} to be removed
*
* @throws NullPointerException if listener is null
*/
public void removeActionListener(ActionListener listener);
// -------------------------------------------------------------- Deprecated methods
/**
*
* If the implementing class also implements {@link ActionSource2}, the implementation of this
* method must call through to {@link ActionSource2#getActionExpression} and examine the result.
* If the result came from a previous call to {@link #setAction}, extract the
* MethodBinding from it and return it. Otherwise, wrap the returned
* {@link javax.el.MethodExpression} in a MethodBinding implementation, and return
* it.
*
*
*
* If the implementing class does not implement ActionSource2, return the
* {@link MethodBinding}pointing at the application action to be invoked, if this
* {@link UIComponent} is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or
* Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value
* of the immediate property.
*
*
* @deprecated This has been replaced by {@link ActionSource2#getActionExpression}.
*
* @return the action.
*/
public MethodBinding getAction();
/**
*
* If the implementing class also implements {@link ActionSource2}, the implementation of this
* method must wrap the argument action in a class that implements
* {@link javax.el.MethodExpression} and call through to
* {@link ActionSource2#setActionExpression}, passing the wrapped action.
*
*
*
* If the implementing class does not implement ActionSource2, set the
* {@link MethodBinding} pointing at the appication action to be invoked, if this
* {@link UIComponent} is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or
* Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value
* of the immediate property.
*
*
*
* Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with a return type of
* String, and accept no parameters.
*
*
* @param action The new MethodBinding expression
*
* @deprecated This has been replaced by
* {@link ActionSource2#setActionExpression(javax.el.MethodExpression)}.
*/
public void setAction(MethodBinding action);
/**
*
* If {@link #setActionListener} was not previously called for this instance, this method must
* return null. If it was called, this method must return the exact
* MethodBinding instance that was passed to {@link #setActionListener}.
*
*
*
* The method to be invoked, if this {@link UIComponent} is activated by the user, will be
* called during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the
* request processing lifecycle, depending upon the value of the immediate
* property.
*
*
* @return the action listener.
* @deprecated Use {@link #getActionListeners} instead.
*/
public MethodBinding getActionListener();
/**
*
* Wrap the argument actionListener in an implementation of {@link ActionListener}
* and store it in the internal data structure that backs the {@link #getActionListeners}
* method, taking care to over-write any instance that was stored by a previous call to
* setActionListener.
*
*
*
* Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with a return type of
* void, and accept a single parameter of type ActionEvent.
*
*
* @param actionListener The new method binding expression
*
* @deprecated This has been replaced by
* {@link #addActionListener(javax.faces.event.ActionListener)}.
*/
public void setActionListener(MethodBinding actionListener);
}