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19 package javax.faces.view.facelets;
20
21 /**
22 * A mutable set of rules to be used in auto-wiring state to a particular object instance. Rules assigned to this object
23 * will be composed into a single Metadata instance.
24 */
25 public abstract class MetaRuleset
26 {
27 /**
28 * @param mapper
29 * @return
30 */
31 public abstract MetaRuleset add(Metadata mapper);
32
33 /**
34 * @param rule
35 * @return
36 */
37 public abstract MetaRuleset addRule(MetaRule rule);
38
39 /**
40 * @param attribute
41 * @param property
42 * @return
43 */
44 public abstract MetaRuleset alias(String attribute, String property);
45
46 /**
47 * @return
48 */
49 public abstract Metadata finish();
50
51 /**
52 * @param attribute
53 * @return
54 */
55 public abstract MetaRuleset ignore(String attribute);
56
57 /**
58 * @return
59 */
60 public abstract MetaRuleset ignoreAll();
61 }