org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets
Class FaceletFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.myfaces.view.facelets.FaceletFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultFaceletFactory

public abstract class FaceletFactory
extends Object

FaceletFactory for producing Facelets relative to the context of the underlying implementation.

Version:

$Id: FaceletFactory.java,v 1.4 2008/07/13 19:01:39 rlubke Exp $

Author:

Jacob Hookom

Constructor Summary

FaceletFactory()

Method Summary

abstract Facelet	getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet(String uri) Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI.
abstract Facelet	getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet(URL url) Create a Facelet used to create composite component metadata from the passed URL.
abstract Facelet	getFacelet(String uri) Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI.
abstract Facelet	getFacelet(URL url) Create a Facelet from the passed URL.
static FaceletFactory	getInstance() Get the static instance
abstract Facelet	getViewMetadataFacelet(String uri) Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI.
abstract Facelet	getViewMetadataFacelet(URL url) Create a Facelet used to create view metadata from the passed URL.
static void	setInstance(FaceletFactory factory) Set the static instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FaceletFactory

public FaceletFactory()

Method Detail

getFacelet

public abstract Facelet getFacelet(String uri)
                            throws IOException

Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI.

Parameters:

uri -

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

FaceletException

FacesException

javax.el.ELException

getFacelet

public abstract Facelet getFacelet(URL url)
                            throws IOException,
                                   FaceletException,
                                   FacesException,
                                   javax.el.ELException

Create a Facelet from the passed URL. This method checks if the cached Facelet needs to be refreshed before returning. If so, uses the passed URL to build a new instance;

Parameters:

url - source url

Returns:

Facelet instance

Throws:

IOException

FaceletException

FacesException

javax.el.ELException

getViewMetadataFacelet

public abstract Facelet getViewMetadataFacelet(String uri)
                                        throws IOException

Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI. The returned facelet is used to create view metadata in this form:

UIViewRoot(in facet javax_faces_metadata(one or many UIViewParameter instances))

This method should be called from FaceletViewMetadata.createMetadataView(FacesContext context)

Parameters:

uri -

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

Since:

2.0

getViewMetadataFacelet

public abstract Facelet getViewMetadataFacelet(URL url)
                                        throws IOException,
                                               FaceletException,
                                               FacesException,
                                               javax.el.ELException

Create a Facelet used to create view metadata from the passed URL. This method checks if the cached Facelet needs to be refreshed before returning. If so, uses the passed URL to build a new instance;

Parameters:

url - source url

Returns:

Facelet instance

Throws:

IOException

FaceletException

FacesException

javax.el.ELException

Since:

2.0

getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet

public abstract Facelet getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet(String uri)
                                                      throws IOException

Return a Facelet instance as specified by the file at the passed URI. The returned facelet is used to create composite component metadata.

This method should be called from vdl.getComponentMetadata(FacesContext context)

Parameters:

uri -

Returns:

Throws:

IOException

Since:

2.0.1

getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet

public abstract Facelet getCompositeComponentMetadataFacelet(URL url)
                                                      throws IOException,
                                                             FaceletException,
                                                             FacesException,
                                                             javax.el.ELException

Create a Facelet used to create composite component metadata from the passed URL. This method checks if the cached Facelet needs to be refreshed before returning. If so, uses the passed URL to build a new instance.

Parameters:

url - source url

Returns:

Facelet instance

Throws:

IOException

FaceletException

FacesException

javax.el.ELException

Since:

2.0.1

setInstance

public static final void setInstance(FaceletFactory factory)

Set the static instance

Parameters:

factory -

getInstance

public static final FaceletFactory getInstance()

Get the static instance

Returns: