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package org.richfaces.component.attribute;

import org.richfaces.cdk.annotations.Attribute;
import org.richfaces.cdk.annotations.Description;
import org.richfaces.cdk.annotations.EventName;

/**
 * Interface defining the methods for ajax activator components
 *
 * @author Lukas Fryc
 */
public interface AjaxProps extends AjaxActivatorProps {

    /**
     * IDs of components that will participate in the "execute" portion of the Request Processing Lifecycle. Can be a single ID,
     * a space or comma separated list of IDs, or an EL Expression evaluating to an array or Collection. Any of the keywords
     * "@this", "@form", "@all", "@none", "@region" may be specified in the identifier list. Some components make use of
     * additional keywords<br/>
     * Default value is "@region" which resolves to this component if no region is present.
     */
    @Attribute(description = @Description("IDs of components that will participate in the \"execute\" portion of the Request Processing Lifecycle. Can be a single ID, a space or comma separated list of IDs, or an EL Expression evaluating to an array or Collection. Any of the keywords \"@this\", \"@form\", \"@all\", \"@none\", \"@region\" may be specified in the identifier list. Some components make use of additional keywords<br/>Default value is \"@region\" which resolves to this component if no region is present."))
    Object getExecute();

    /**
     * Name of the request status component that will indicate the status of the Ajax request
     */
    @Attribute(description = @Description("Name of the request status component that will indicate the status of the Ajax request"))
    String getStatus();

    /**
     * The client-side script method to be called before an ajax request.
     */
    @Attribute(events = @EventName("begin"), description = @Description("The client-side script method to be called before an ajax request."))
    String getOnbegin();
}