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.

Author:

Jacob Hookom

Constructor Summary

Facelet()

Method Summary

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

FacesException

FaceletException

ELException