TagHandler.java

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package javax.faces.view.facelets;


/**
 * <p class="changed_added_2_0"><span
 * class="changed_modified_2_0_rev_a">Foundation</span> class for
 * <code>FaceletHandler</code>s associated with a markup element in a
 * Facelet document.  This class introduces the concept of <a
 * href="TagAttribute.html">XML attributes</a> to Facelets.  See the <a
 * href="#TagHandler(javax.faces.view.facelets.TagConfig)">constructor</a>
 * documentation for more details.</p>
 * 
 *
 * @since 2.0
 */
public abstract class TagHandler implements FaceletHandler {

    /**
     * <p class="changed_added_2_0_rev_a">See {@link TagConfig#getTagId}.</p>
     */

    protected final String tagId;

    /**
     * <p class="changed_added_2_0_rev_a">A reference to the <code>Tag</code>
     * instance corresponding to this <code>TagHandler</code>
     * instance.</p>
     */

    protected final Tag tag;

    /**
     * <p class="changed_added_2_0_rev_a">A reference to the
     * <code>FaceletHandler</code> that represents the first nested
     * child of this <code>TagHandler</code> instance.</p>
     */

    protected final FaceletHandler nextHandler;

    /**
     * <p class="changed_added_2_0">Every <code>TagHandler</code>
     * instance is associated with a {@link Tag}.  Each <code>Tag</code>
     * instance has a {@link TagAttributes} property, which is simply a
     * collection of {@link TagAttribute} instances.  Extract and save
     * as protected instance variables the {@link TagConfig#getTagId},
     * {@link TagConfig#getTag} and {@link TagConfig#getNextHandler}
     * returns from the argument <code>TagConfig</code>.  This
     * constructor is only called when the Facelets View is compiled.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param config The structure that contains useful to the operation
     * of this instance.
     */

    public TagHandler(TagConfig config) {
        this.tagId = config.getTagId();
        this.tag = config.getTag();
        this.nextHandler = config.getNextHandler();
    }

    /**
     * Utility method for fetching the appropriate TagAttribute
     * 
     * @param localName
     *            name of attribute
     * @return TagAttribute if found, otherwise null
     */
    protected final TagAttribute getAttribute(String localName) {
        return this.tag.getAttributes().get(localName);
    }

    /**
     * Utility method for fetching a required TagAttribute
     * 
     * @param localName
     *            name of the attribute
     * @return TagAttribute if found, otherwise error
     * @throws TagException
     *             if the attribute was not found
     */
    protected final TagAttribute getRequiredAttribute(String localName)
            throws TagException {
        TagAttribute attr = this.getAttribute(localName);
        if (attr == null) {
            throw new TagException(this.tag, "Attribute '" + localName
                    + "' is required");
        }
        return attr;
    }
    

    public String toString() {
        return this.tag.toString();
    }
}