Package javax.faces.application

Class ApplicationFactory

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.application.ApplicationFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>

public abstract class ApplicationFactory
extends Object
implements FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>

ApplicationFactory is a factory object that creates (if needed) and returns Application instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of Application.

There must be one ApplicationFactory instance per web application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces. This instance can be acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:

   ApplicationFactory factory = (ApplicationFactory)
    FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.APPLICATION_FACTORY);
 

Usage: extend this class and push the implementation being wrapped to the constructor and use getWrapped() to access the instance being wrapped.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ApplicationFactory()	Deprecated. Use the other constructor taking the implementation being wrapped.
ApplicationFactory(ApplicationFactory wrapped)	If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating should push the implementation being wrapped to this constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract Application	getApplication()	Create (if needed) and return an Application instance for this web application.
ApplicationFactory	getWrapped()	If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped.
abstract void	setApplication(Application application)	Replace the Application instance that will be returned for this web application.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ApplicationFactory

@Deprecated
public ApplicationFactory()

Deprecated.

Use the other constructor taking the implementation being wrapped.

ApplicationFactory

public ApplicationFactory(ApplicationFactory wrapped)

If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating should push the implementation being wrapped to this constructor. The getWrapped() will then return the implementation being wrapped.

Parameters:

wrapped - The implementation being wrapped.

Method Details

getWrapped

public ApplicationFactory getWrapped()

If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped.

Specified by:

getWrapped in interface FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>

Returns:

the wrapped instance.

Since:

2.0

getApplication

public abstract Application getApplication()

Create (if needed) and return an Application instance for this web application.

Returns:

the application.

setApplication

public abstract void setApplication(Application application)

Replace the Application instance that will be returned for this web application.

Parameters:

application - The replacement Application instance

Throws:

NullPointerException - if application is null.