javax.faces.application
Class ApplicationFactory

java.lang.Object
  javax.faces.application.ApplicationFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>

public abstract class ApplicationFactory
extends java.lang.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);
 

Constructor Summary

ApplicationFactory()

Method Summary

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 Detail

ApplicationFactory

public ApplicationFactory()

Method Detail

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. A default implementation is provided that returns null.

Specified by:

getWrapped in interface FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>

Since:

2.0

getApplication

public abstract Application getApplication()

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

java.lang.NullPointerException - if application is null.