javax.faces.view.facelets
Class FaceletContext

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

public abstract class FaceletContext
extends javax.el.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 javax.el.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(javax.el.FunctionMapper fnMapper) Set the FunctionMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.
abstract void	setVariableMapper(javax.el.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 javax.el.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(javax.el.VariableMapper varMapper)

Set the VariableMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

Parameters:

varMapper - the new VariableMapper

Since:

2.0

setFunctionMapper

public abstract void setFunctionMapper(javax.el.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

javax.el.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

javax.el.ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded from relativePath fail