javax.faces.view.facelets

Class Facelet

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.view.facelets.Facelet

public abstract class Facelet
extends Object

The parent or root object in a FaceletHandler composition. The Facelet will take care of populating the passed UIComponent parent in relation to the create/restore lifecycle of JSF.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Facelet()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	apply(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent parent) The passed UIComponent parent will be populated/restored in accordance with the Facelets chapter in the spec prose document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Facelet

public Facelet()

Method Detail

apply

public abstract void apply(FacesContext facesContext,
                           UIComponent parent)
                    throws IOException

The passed UIComponent parent will be populated/restored in accordance with the Facelets chapter in the spec prose document.

Parameters:

facesContext - The current FacesContext (Should be the same as FacesContext.getInstance())

parent - The UIComponent to populate in a compositional fashion. In most cases a Facelet will be base a UIViewRoot.

Throws:

IOException - if unable to load a file necessary to apply this Facelet

FaceletException - if unable to parse the markup loaded in applying this Facelet

FacesException - if unable to create child UIComponent instances

ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded during the apply fail