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 package org.apache.myfaces.shared.application;

 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

 /**

  * TODO: RENAME - This class is now used by ViewDeclarationLanguageBase

  * 

  * A utility class to isolate a ViewHandler implementation from the underlying 

  * request/response framework.

  * <p>

  * For example, an implementation of this interface might support javax.servlet,

  * javax.portlet, or some other mechanism.

  */

 public interface ViewHandlerSupport

 {

     String calculateViewId(FacesContext context, String viewId);

     String calculateAndCheckViewId(FacesContext context, String viewId);

     /**

      * Return a string containing a webapp-relative URL that the user can invoke

      * to render the specified view.

      * <p>

      * URLs and ViewIds are not quite the same; for example a url of "/foo.jsf"

      * or "/faces/foo.jsp" may be needed to access the view "/foo.jsp". 

      */

     String calculateActionURL(FacesContext facesContext, String viewId); 

 }