javax.faces.view.facelets

Class TagAttribute

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.view.facelets.TagAttribute

public abstract class TagAttribute
extends Object

Representation of an XML attribute name=value pair on an XML element in a Facelet file.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TagAttribute()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract boolean	getBoolean(FaceletContext ctx) If literal,return Boolean.valueOf(java.lang.String) passing our value, otherwise call getObject(FaceletContext, Class).
abstract int	getInt(FaceletContext ctx) If literal, call Integer.parseInt(String), otherwise call getObject(FaceletContext, Class).
abstract String	getLocalName() Local name of this attribute
abstract Location	getLocation() The location of this attribute in the FaceletContext
abstract MethodExpression	getMethodExpression(FaceletContext ctx, Class type, Class[] paramTypes) Create a MethodExpression, using this attribute's value as the expression String.
abstract String	getNamespace() The resolved Namespace for this attribute
abstract Object	getObject(FaceletContext ctx) Delegates to getObject with Object.class as a param
abstract Object	getObject(FaceletContext ctx, Class type) If literal, simply coerce our String literal value using an ExpressionFactory, otherwise create a ValueExpression and evaluate it.
abstract String	getQName() The qualified name for this attribute
Tag	getTag() A reference to the Tag for which this class represents the attributes.
abstract String	getValue() Return the literal value of this attribute
abstract String	getValue(FaceletContext ctx) If literal, then return our value, otherwise delegate to getObject, passing String.class.
abstract ValueExpression	getValueExpression(FaceletContext ctx, Class type) Create a ValueExpression, using this attribute's literal value and the passed expected type.
abstract boolean	isLiteral() If this TagAttribute is literal (not #{..} or ${..})
void	setTag(Tag tag) Set a reference to the Tag for which this class represents the attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TagAttribute

public TagAttribute()

Method Detail

getBoolean

public abstract boolean getBoolean(FaceletContext ctx)

If literal,return Boolean.valueOf(java.lang.String) passing our value, otherwise call getObject(FaceletContext, Class).

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use

Returns:

boolean value

See Also:

Boolean.valueOf(java.lang.String), getObject(FaceletContext, Class)

getInt

public abstract int getInt(FaceletContext ctx)

If literal, call Integer.parseInt(String), otherwise call getObject(FaceletContext, Class).

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use

Returns:

int value

See Also:

Integer.parseInt(java.lang.String), getObject(FaceletContext, Class)

getLocalName

public abstract String getLocalName()

Local name of this attribute

Returns:

local name of this attribute

getLocation

public abstract Location getLocation()

The location of this attribute in the FaceletContext

Returns:

the TagAttribute's location

getMethodExpression

public abstract MethodExpression getMethodExpression(FaceletContext ctx,
                                                     Class type,
                                                     Class[] paramTypes)

Create a MethodExpression, using this attribute's value as the expression String.

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use

type - expected return type

paramTypes - parameter type

Returns:

a MethodExpression instance

See Also:

ExpressionFactory.createMethodExpression(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class, java.lang.Class[]), MethodExpression

getNamespace

public abstract String getNamespace()

The resolved Namespace for this attribute

Returns:

resolved Namespace

getObject

public abstract Object getObject(FaceletContext ctx)

Delegates to getObject with Object.class as a param

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use

Returns:

Object representation of this attribute's value

See Also:

getObject(FaceletContext, Class)

getQName

public abstract String getQName()

The qualified name for this attribute

Returns:

the qualified name for this attribute

getValue

public abstract String getValue()

Return the literal value of this attribute

Returns:

literal value

getValue

public abstract String getValue(FaceletContext ctx)

If literal, then return our value, otherwise delegate to getObject, passing String.class.

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use

Returns:

String value of this attribute

See Also:

getObject(FaceletContext, Class)

getObject

public abstract Object getObject(FaceletContext ctx,
                                 Class type)

If literal, simply coerce our String literal value using an ExpressionFactory, otherwise create a ValueExpression and evaluate it.

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use

type - expected return type

Returns:

Object value of this attribute

See Also:

ExpressionFactory.coerceToType(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Class), ExpressionFactory.createValueExpression(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class), ValueExpression

getValueExpression

public abstract ValueExpression getValueExpression(FaceletContext ctx,
                                                   Class type)

Create a ValueExpression, using this attribute's literal value and the passed expected type.

Parameters:

ctx - FaceletContext to use.

type - expected return type.

Returns:

the ValueExpression.

See Also:

ExpressionFactory.createValueExpression(javax.el.ELContext, java.lang.String, java.lang.Class), ValueExpression

isLiteral

public abstract boolean isLiteral()

If this TagAttribute is literal (not #{..} or ${..})

Returns:

true if this attribute is literal.

getTag

public Tag getTag()

A reference to the Tag for which this class represents the attributes. For compatibility with previous implementations, an implementation is provided that returns null.

Returns:

the Tag for which this class represents the attributes.

Since:

2.2

setTag

public void setTag(Tag tag)

Set a reference to the Tag for which this class represents the attributes. The VDL runtime must ensure that this method is called before any FaceletHandlers for this element are instantiated. For compatibility with previous implementations, a no-op implementation is provided.

Parameters:

tag - the tag we represent.

Since:

2.2