javax.faces.view.facelets
Class FaceletContext

java.lang.Object
  extended by javax.el.ELContext
      extended by javax.faces.view.facelets.FaceletContext

public abstract class FaceletContext
extends ELContext

Context representative of a single request from a Facelet. This instance is passed to nearly every method call in this API.

Since:
2.0

Field Summary
static java.lang.String FACELET_CONTEXT_KEY
           
 
Constructor Summary
FaceletContext()
           
 
Method Summary
abstract  java.lang.String generateUniqueId(java.lang.String base)
          

Generate a unique ID for the passed String

abstract  java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)
          

Return an attribute set by a previous call to setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object).

abstract  ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory()
          

The ExpressionFactory to use within the Facelet this context is executing upon.

abstract  FacesContext getFacesContext()
          

The current FacesContext bound to this "request".

abstract  void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent, java.lang.String relativePath)
          

Include another Facelet defined at some path, relative to the executing context, not the current Facelet (same as include directive in JSP)

abstract  void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent, java.net.URL absolutePath)
          

Include another Facelet defined at some path, absolute to this ClassLoader/OS

abstract  void setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)
          

Support method which is backed by the current VariableMapper.

abstract  void setFunctionMapper(FunctionMapper fnMapper)
          

Set the FunctionMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

abstract  void setVariableMapper(VariableMapper varMapper)
          

Set the VariableMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

 
Methods inherited from class javax.el.ELContext
getContext, getELResolver, getFunctionMapper, getLocale, getVariableMapper, isPropertyResolved, putContext, setLocale, setPropertyResolved
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

FACELET_CONTEXT_KEY

public static final java.lang.String FACELET_CONTEXT_KEY
See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

FaceletContext

public FaceletContext()
Method Detail

getFacesContext

public abstract FacesContext getFacesContext()

The current FacesContext bound to this "request". Must not be null.

Since:
2.0

generateUniqueId

public abstract java.lang.String generateUniqueId(java.lang.String base)

Generate a unique ID for the passed String

Parameters:
base - the string from which to generate the ID.
Since:
2.0

getExpressionFactory

public abstract ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory()

The ExpressionFactory to use within the Facelet this context is executing upon. Must not be null.

Since:
2.0

setVariableMapper

public abstract void setVariableMapper(VariableMapper varMapper)

Set the VariableMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

Parameters:
varMapper - the new VariableMapper
Since:
2.0

setFunctionMapper

public abstract void setFunctionMapper(FunctionMapper fnMapper)

Set the FunctionMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

Parameters:
fnMapper - the new FunctionMapper
Since:
2.0

setAttribute

public abstract void setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                  java.lang.Object value)

Support method which is backed by the current VariableMapper.

Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute
value - the value of the attribute
Since:
2.0

getAttribute

public abstract java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Return an attribute set by a previous call to setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object). Support method which is backed by the current VariableMapper

Parameters:
name - the name of the attribute to return.
Since:
2.0

includeFacelet

public abstract void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent,
                                    java.lang.String relativePath)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Include another Facelet defined at some path, relative to the executing context, not the current Facelet (same as include directive in JSP)

Parameters:
parent - the UIComponent that will be the parent of any components in the included facelet.
relativePath - the path of the resource containing the facelet markup, relative to the current markup
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if unable to load relativePath
FaceletException - if unable to parse the markup loaded from relativePath
FacesException - if unable to create child UIComponent instances
ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded from relativePath fail
Since:
2.0

includeFacelet

public abstract void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent,
                                    java.net.URL absolutePath)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Include another Facelet defined at some path, absolute to this ClassLoader/OS

Parameters:
parent - the UIComponent that will be the parent of any components in the included facelet.
absolutePath - the absolute path to the resource containing the facelet markup
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if unable to load relativePath
FaceletException - if unable to parse the markup loaded from relativePath
FacesException - if unable to create child UIComponent instances
ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded from relativePath fail


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