javax.faces.context

Class FlashFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.context.FlashFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FacesWrapper<FlashFactory>

public abstract class FlashFactory
extends Object
implements FacesWrapper<FlashFactory>

FlashFactory is a factory object that creates (if needed) and returns Flash instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of Flash.

There must be one FlashFactory instance per web application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces. This instance can be acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:

   FlashFactory factory = (FlashFactory)
     FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.FLASH_FACTORY);
 

The common way to access the flash instance from Java code is still via ExternalContext.getFlash(). The common way to access the flash from Faces views is the implicit EL object "flash". The runtime must ensure that the FlashFactory is used to instantiate the flash.

Usage: extend this class and push the implementation being wrapped to the constructor and use getWrapped() to access the instance being wrapped.

Since:

2.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FlashFactory() Deprecated. Use the other constructor taking the implementation being wrapped.
FlashFactory(FlashFactory wrapped) If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating should push the implementation being wrapped to this constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract Flash	getFlash(boolean create) Create (if needed) and return a Flash instance for this web application.
FlashFactory	getWrapped() If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FlashFactory

@Deprecated
public FlashFactory()

Deprecated. Use the other constructor taking the implementation being wrapped.

FlashFactory

public FlashFactory(FlashFactory wrapped)

If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating should push the implementation being wrapped to this constructor. The getWrapped() will then return the implementation being wrapped.

Parameters:

wrapped - The implementation being wrapped.

Method Detail

getWrapped

public FlashFactory getWrapped()

If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped.

Specified by:

getWrapped in interface FacesWrapper<FlashFactory>

Returns:

the wrapped instance.

getFlash

public abstract Flash getFlash(boolean create)

Create (if needed) and return a Flash instance for this web application.

Parameters:

create - true to create a new instance for this request if necessary; false to return null if there's no instance in the current session.

Returns:

the instance of Flash.

Since:

2.2