ViewHandler.java

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package javax.faces.application;

import javax.faces.FacesException;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * see Javadoc of <a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/1.1_01/docs/api/index.html">JSF Specification</a>
 *
 * @author Manfred Geiler (latest modification by $Author$)
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public abstract class ViewHandler
{
    public static final String CHARACTER_ENCODING_KEY = "javax.faces.request.charset";
    public static final String DEFAULT_SUFFIX_PARAM_NAME = "javax.faces.DEFAULT_SUFFIX";
    public static final String DEFAULT_SUFFIX = ".jsp";

    public abstract Locale calculateLocale(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context);

    public abstract String calculateRenderKitId(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context);

    public abstract javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot createView(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                                                String viewId);

    public abstract String getActionURL(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                        String viewId);

    public abstract String getResourceURL(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                          String path);

    public abstract void renderView(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                    javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot viewToRender)
            throws java.io.IOException,
            FacesException;

    public abstract javax.faces.component.UIViewRoot restoreView(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                                                 String viewId);

    public abstract void writeState(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context)
            throws java.io.IOException;
}