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package javax.faces.el;


import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;


/**
 * VariableResolver represents a pluggable mechanism
 * for resolving a top-level variable reference at evaluation time.
 *
 * @deprecated This has been replaced by {@link javax.el.ELResolver}
 * when operating with a null base argument.
 */

public abstract class VariableResolver {


    /**
     * Resolve the specified variable name, and return the corresponding
     * object, if any; otherwise, return null.
     *
     * @param context {@link FacesContext} against which to resolve
     *  this variable name
     * @param name Name of the variable to be resolved
     *
     * @throws EvaluationException if an exception is thrown while resolving
     *  the variable name (the thrown exception must be included as the
     *  cause property of this exception)
     * @throws NullPointerException if context
     *  or name is null
     *
     * @return the result of the resolution
     */
    public abstract Object resolveVariable(FacesContext context, String name)
        throws EvaluationException;


}