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 package org.apache.myfaces.el.unified.resolver.implicitobject;

 import java.beans.FeatureDescriptor;

 import javax.el.ELContext;

 import javax.el.ELResolver;

 import javax.faces.context.ExternalContext;

 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

 /**

  * Implementors of this class encapsulate the information needed to resolve the implicit object.

  * 

  * @author Stan Silvert

  */

 public abstract class ImplicitObject

 {

     public abstract Object getValue(ELContext context);

     public abstract FeatureDescriptor getDescriptor();

     /**

      * Returns an interned String representing the name of the implicit object.

      */

     public abstract String getName();

     /**

      * Returns the most general type allowed for a future call to setValue()

      */

     public abstract Class<?> getType();

     protected FeatureDescriptor makeDescriptor(String name, String description, Class<?> elResolverType)

     {

         FeatureDescriptor fd = new FeatureDescriptor();

         fd.setValue(ELResolver.RESOLVABLE_AT_DESIGN_TIME, Boolean.TRUE);

         fd.setValue(ELResolver.TYPE, elResolverType);

         fd.setName(name);

         fd.setDisplayName(name);

         fd.setShortDescription(description);

         fd.setExpert(false);

         fd.setHidden(false);

         fd.setPreferred(true);

         return fd;

     }

     // get the FacesContext from the ELContext

     protected FacesContext facesContext(ELContext context)

     {

         return (FacesContext) context.getContext(FacesContext.class);

     }

     protected ExternalContext externalContext(ELContext context)

     {

         return facesContext(context).getExternalContext();

     }

 }