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 package javax.faces.view.facelets;

 import java.io.IOException;

 import java.net.URL;

 import javax.el.ELContext;

 import javax.el.ELException;

 import javax.el.ExpressionFactory;

 import javax.el.FunctionMapper;

 import javax.el.VariableMapper;

 import javax.faces.FacesException;

 import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;

 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

 /**

  * The parent or root object in a FaceletHandler composition. The Facelet will

  * take care of populating the passed UIComponent parent in relation to the

  * create/restore lifecycle of JSF.

  * 

  * @author Jacob Hookom (latest modification by $Author: slessard $)

  * @version $Revision: 696523 $ $Date: 2008-12-10 18:39:00 -0400 (mer., 17 sept. 2008) $

  *

  * @since 2.0

  */

 public abstract class FaceletContext extends ELContext

 {

     // TODO: REPORT this aberration to the EG

     public static final String FACELET_CONTEXT_KEY = "com.sun.faces.facelets.FACELET_CONTEXT";

     /**

      * Generate a unique ID for the passed String

      * 

      * @param base

      * @return a unique ID given the passed base

      */

     public abstract String generateUniqueId(String base);

     /**

      * Support method which is backed by the current VariableMapper

      * 

      * @param name

      * @return an Object specified for that name

      */

     public abstract Object getAttribute(String name);

     /**

      * The ExpressionFactory to use within the Facelet this context is executing upon.

      * 

      * @return cannot be null

      */

     public abstract ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory();

     /**

      * The current FacesContext bound to this "request"

      * 

      * @return cannot be null

      */

     public abstract FacesContext getFacesContext();

     /**

      * Include another Facelet defined at some path, relative to the executing context, not the current Facelet (same as

      * include directive in JSP)

      * 

      * @param parent

      * @param relativePath

      * @throws IOException

      * @throws FaceletException

      * @throws FacesException

      * @throws ELException

      */

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

             FacesException, ELException;

     /**

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

      * 

      * @param parent

      * @param absolutePath

      * @throws IOException

      * @throws FaceletException

      * @throws FacesException

      * @throws ELException

      */

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

             FacesException, ELException;

     /**

      * Support method which is backed by the current VariableMapper

      * 

      * @param name

      * @param value

      */

     public abstract void setAttribute(String name, Object value);

     /**

      * Set the FunctionMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation

      * 

      * @param fnMapper

      */

     public abstract void setFunctionMapper(FunctionMapper fnMapper);

     /**

      * Set the VariableMapper to use in EL evaluation/creation

      * 

      * @param varMapper

      */

     public abstract void setVariableMapper(VariableMapper varMapper);

 }