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19  package javax.faces.render;
20  
21  import java.io.IOException;
22  
23  import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
24  import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
25  import javax.faces.convert.ConverterException;
26  
27  /**
28   * see Javadoc of <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/1.2/docs/api/index.html">JSF Specification</a>
29   * 
30   * @author Manfred Geiler (latest modification by $Author: bommel $)
31   * @version $Revision: 1187700 $ $Date: 2011-10-22 07:19:37 -0500 (Sat, 22 Oct 2011) $
32   */
33  public abstract class Renderer
34  {
35      public void decode(FacesContext context, UIComponent component)
36      {
37          if (context == null)
38              throw new NullPointerException("context");
39          if (component == null)
40              throw new NullPointerException("component");
41      }
42  
43      /**
44       * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs while rendering 
45       */
46      public void encodeBegin(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException
47      {
48          if (context == null)
49              throw new NullPointerException("context");
50          if (component == null)
51              throw new NullPointerException("component");
52      }
53  
54      /**
55       * Render all children if there are any.
56       * 
57       * Note: this will only be called if getRendersChildren() returns true. A component which has a renderer with
58       * getRendersChildren() set to true will typically contain the rendering logic for its children in this method.
59       * 
60       * @param context
61       * @param component
62       * @throws IOException
63       */
64      public void encodeChildren(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException
65      {
66          if (context == null)
67              throw new NullPointerException("context");
68          if (component == null)
69              throw new NullPointerException("component");
70  
71          if (component.getChildCount() > 0)
72          {
73              for (int i = 0, childCount = component.getChildCount(); i < childCount; i++)
74              {
75                  UIComponent child = component.getChildren().get(i);
76                  if (!child.isRendered())
77                  {
78                      continue;
79                  }
80  
81                  child.encodeAll(context);
82              }
83          }
84      }
85  
86      /**
87       * @throws IOException if an input/output error occurs while rendering 
88       */
89      public void encodeEnd(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException
90      {
91          if (context == null)
92              throw new NullPointerException("context");
93          if (component == null)
94              throw new NullPointerException("component");
95      }
96  
97      public String convertClientId(FacesContext context, String clientId)
98      {
99          if (context == null)
100             throw new NullPointerException("context");
101         if (clientId == null)
102             throw new NullPointerException("clientId");
103         return clientId;
104     }
105 
106     /**
107      * Switch for deciding who renders the children.
108      * 
109      * @return <b>true</b> - if the component takes care of rendering its children. In this case, encodeChildren() ought
110      *         to be called by the rendering controller (e.g., the rendering controller could be the method encodeAll()
111      *         in UIComponent). In the method encodeChildren(), the component should therefore provide all children
112      *         encode logic. <br/> <b>false</b> - if the component does not take care of rendering its children. In this
113      *         case, encodeChildren() should not be called by the rendering controller. Instead, the children-list
114      *         should be retrieved and the children should directly be rendered by the rendering controller one by one.
115      */
116     public boolean getRendersChildren()
117     {
118         return false;
119     }
120 
121     public Object getConvertedValue(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object submittedValue)
122         throws ConverterException
123     {
124         if (context == null)
125             throw new NullPointerException("context");
126         if (component == null)
127             throw new NullPointerException("component");
128         return submittedValue;
129     }
130 
131 }