javax.faces.view.facelets

Interface FaceletHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

BehaviorHandler, ComponentHandler, CompositeFaceletHandler, ConverterHandler, DelegatingMetaTagHandler, FaceletsAttachedObjectHandler, MetaTagHandler, TagHandler, ValidatorHandler

public interface FaceletHandler

This is the root class for markup elements in Facelets VDL. Facelets is XHTML, and XHTML is XML, and the root unit of abstraction in XML is the element. A FaceletHandler instance represents an XML element at runtime. Two direct implementations exist to embody the contract for more specific behavior.

CompositeFaceletHandler

A container for other FaceletHandlers

TagHandler

The foundation class for FaceletHandlers associated with markup in a Facelet document.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	apply(FaceletContext ctx, UIComponent parent) Process changes on a particular UIComponent

Method Detail

apply

void apply(FaceletContext ctx,
         UIComponent parent)
           throws IOException

Process changes on a particular UIComponent

Parameters:

ctx - the current FaceletContext instance for this execution

parent - the parent UIComponent to operate upon

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