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package javax.faces.lifecycle;
import java.util.Iterator;
import javax.faces.FacesWrapper;
/**
* <p><strong class="changed_modified_2_0">LifecycleFactory</strong> is
* a factory object that creates (if needed) and returns {@link
* Lifecycle} instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must
* provide at least a default implementation of {@link Lifecycle}.
* Advanced implementations (or external third party libraries) MAY
* provide additional {@link Lifecycle} implementations (keyed by
* lifecycle identifiers) for performing different types of request
* processing on a per-request basis.</p>
*
* <p>There must be one <code>LifecycleFactory</code> instance per web
* application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces. This instance can be
* acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:</p>
* <pre>
* LifecycleFactory factory = (LifecycleFactory)
* FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.LIFECYCLE_FACTORY);
* </pre>
*/
public abstract class LifecycleFactory implements FacesWrapper<LifecycleFactory> {
public LifecycleFactory() {
}
/**
* <p class="changed_added_2_0">If this factory has been decorated, the
* implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide
* access to the implementation being wrapped. A default implementation
* is provided that returns <code>null</code>.</p>
*
* @since 2.0
*/
public LifecycleFactory getWrapped() {
return null;
}
/**
* <p>The lifecycle identifier for the default {@link Lifecycle} instance
* for this JavaServer Faces implementation.</p>
*/
public static final String DEFAULT_LIFECYCLE = "DEFAULT";
/**
* <p>Register a new {@link Lifecycle} instance, associated with
* the specified <code>lifecycleId</code>, to be supported by this
* <code>LifecycleFactory</code>. This method may be called at
* any time, and makes the corresponding {@link Lifecycle} instance
* available throughout the remaining lifetime of this web application.
* </p>
*
* @param lifecycleId Identifier of the new {@link Lifecycle}
* @param lifecycle {@link Lifecycle} instance that we are registering
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if a {@link Lifecycle} with the
* specified <code>lifecycleId</code> has already been registered
* @throws NullPointerException if <code>lifecycleId</code>
* or <code>lifecycle</code> is <code>null</code>
*/
public abstract void addLifecycle(String lifecycleId,
Lifecycle lifecycle);
/**
* <p>Create (if needed) and return a {@link Lifecycle} instance
* for the specified lifecycle identifier. The set of available
* lifecycle identifiers is available via the
* <code>getLifecycleIds()</code> method.</p>
*
* <p>Each call to <code>getLifecycle()</code> for the same
* <code>lifecycleId</code>, from within the same web application,
* must return the same {@link Lifecycle} instance.</p>
*
* @param lifecycleId Lifecycle identifier of the requested
* {@link Lifecycle} instance
*
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if no {@link Lifecycle} instance
* can be returned for the specified identifier
* @throws NullPointerException if <code>lifecycleId</code>
* is <code>null</code>
*/
public abstract Lifecycle getLifecycle(String lifecycleId);
/**
* <p>Return an <code>Iterator</code> over the set of lifecycle
* identifiers supported by this factory. This set must include
* the value specified by <code>LifecycleFactory.DEFAULT_LIFECYCLE</code>.
* </p>
*/
public abstract Iterator<String> getLifecycleIds();
}