javax.faces.view.facelets

Class FaceletContext

Contents

  • public abstract class FaceletContext
extends ELContext

    Context representative of a single request from a Facelet. This instance is passed to nearly every method call in this API.

    Since:
    2.0

    • Constructor Detail

      • FaceletContext

        public FaceletContext()

    • Method Detail

      • getFacesContext

        public abstract FacesContext getFacesContext()

        The current FacesContext bound to this "request". Must not be null.

        Since:
        2.0

      • generateUniqueId

        public abstract String generateUniqueId(String base)

        Generate a unique ID for the passed String

        Parameters:
        base - the string from which to generate the ID.
        Since:
        2.0

      • getExpressionFactory

        public abstract ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory()

        The ExpressionFactory to use within the Facelet this context is executing upon. Must not be null.

        Since:
        2.0

      • setVariableMapper

        public abstract void setVariableMapper(VariableMapper varMapper)

        Set the VariableMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

        Parameters:
        varMapper - the new VariableMapper
        Since:
        2.0

      • setFunctionMapper

        public abstract void setFunctionMapper(FunctionMapper fnMapper)

        Set the FunctionMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation.

        Parameters:
        fnMapper - the new FunctionMapper
        Since:
        2.0

      • setAttribute

        public abstract void setAttribute(String name,
                                  Object value)

        Support method which is backed by the current VariableMapper.

        Parameters:
        name - the name of the attribute
        value - the value of the attribute
        Since:
        2.0

      • includeFacelet

        public abstract void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent,
                                    String relativePath)
                             throws IOException

        Include another Facelet defined at some path, relative to the executing context, not the current Facelet (same as include directive in JSP)

        Parameters:
        parent - the UIComponent that will be the parent of any components in the included facelet.
        relativePath - the path of the resource containing the facelet markup, relative to the current markup
        Throws:
        IOException - if unable to load relativePath
        FaceletException - if unable to parse the markup loaded from relativePath
        FacesException - if unable to create child UIComponent instances
        ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded from relativePath fail
        Since:
        2.0

      • includeFacelet

        public abstract void includeFacelet(UIComponent parent,
                                    URL absolutePath)
                             throws IOException

        Include another Facelet defined at some path, absolute to this ClassLoader/OS

        Parameters:
        parent - the UIComponent that will be the parent of any components in the included facelet.
        absolutePath - the absolute path to the resource containing the facelet markup
        Throws:
        IOException - if unable to load relativePath
        FaceletException - if unable to parse the markup loaded from relativePath
        FacesException - if unable to create child UIComponent instances
        ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded from relativePath fail

Document created the 11/06/2005, last modified the 18/08/2025
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