FacesContextFactory.java

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package javax.faces.context;

import javax.faces.FacesException;
import javax.faces.FacesWrapper;
import javax.faces.lifecycle.Lifecycle;


/**
 * <p><strong class="changed_modified_2_0 changed_modified_2_2 changed_modified_2_3">FacesContextFactory</strong>
 * is a factory object that creates
 * (if needed) and returns new {@link FacesContext} instances, initialized
 * for the processing of the specified request and response objects.
 * Implementations may take advantage of the calls to the
 * <code>release()</code> method of the allocated {@link FacesContext}
 * instances to pool and recycle them, rather than creating a new instance
 * every time.</p>
 *
 * <p>There must be one <code>FacesContextFactory</code> instance per web
 * application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces.  This instance can be
 * acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:</p>
 * <pre>
 *   FacesContextFactory factory = (FacesContextFactory)
 *    FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.FACES_CONTEXT_FACTORY);
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p class="changed_added_2_3">Usage: extend this class and push the implementation being wrapped to the
 * constructor and use {@link #getWrapped} to access the instance being wrapped.</p>
 *
 */

public abstract class FacesContextFactory implements FacesWrapper<FacesContextFactory> {

    private FacesContextFactory wrapped;

    /**
     * @deprecated Use the other constructor taking the implementation being wrapped.
     */
    @Deprecated
    public FacesContextFactory() {

    }

    /**
     * <p class="changed_added_2_3">If this factory has been decorated,
     * the implementation doing the decorating should push the implementation being wrapped to this constructor.
     * The {@link #getWrapped()} will then return the implementation being wrapped.</p>
     *
     * @param wrapped The implementation being wrapped.
     */
    public FacesContextFactory(FacesContextFactory wrapped) {
        this.wrapped = wrapped;
    }

    /**
     * <p class="changed_modified_2_3">If this factory has been decorated, the
     * implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide
     * access to the implementation being wrapped.</p>
     *
     * @since 2.0
     */
    @Override
    public FacesContextFactory getWrapped() {
        return wrapped;
    }

    /**
     * <p><span class="changed_modified_2_0 changed_modified_2_2">Create</span> (if needed)
     * and return a {@link FacesContext} instance that is initialized
     * for the processing of the specified request and response objects,
     * utilizing the specified {@link Lifecycle} instance, for this web
     * application.</p>
     *
     * <p>The implementation of this method must ensure that calls to the
     * <code>getCurrentInstance()</code> method of {@link FacesContext},
     * from the same thread that called this method, will return the same
     * {@link FacesContext} instance until the <code>release()</code>
     * method is called on that instance.</p>

     * <p class="changed_added_2_0">The implementation must call
     * {@link ExternalContextFactory#getExternalContext} to produce the
     * {@link ExternalContext} for the {@link FacesContext} instance.</p>

     * <p class="changed_added_2_0">The default implementation must call
     * {@link ExceptionHandlerFactory#getExceptionHandler} and make it
     * so the return from that method is what gets returned from a call
     * to {@link FacesContext#getExceptionHandler} on the returned
     * <code>FacesContext</code> instance.</p>
     *
     * <p class="changed_added_2_2">The default implementation must call
     * {@link javax.faces.lifecycle.ClientWindowFactory#getClientWindow} and make it
     * so the return from that method is what gets returned from a call
     * to {@link ExternalContext#getClientWindow()} on the returned
     * <code>ExternalContext</code> instance.</p>
     *
     * @param context In servlet environments, the
     * <code>ServletContext</code> that is associated with this web
     * application
     * @param request In servlet environments, the
     * <code>ServletRequest</code> that is to be processed
     * @param response In servlet environments, the
     * <code>ServletResponse</code> that is to be processed
     * @param lifecycle The {@link Lifecycle} instance being used
     *  to process this request
     *
     * @return the instance of <code>FacesContext</code>.
     *
     * @throws FacesException if a {@link FacesContext} cannot be
     *  constructed for the specified parameters
     * @throws NullPointerException if any of the parameters
     *  are <code>null</code>
     */
    public abstract FacesContext getFacesContext
        (Object context, Object request,
         Object response, Lifecycle lifecycle)
        throws FacesException;


}