javax.faces.render
Class RenderKitFactory

java.lang.Object
  javax.faces.render.RenderKitFactory

public abstract class RenderKitFactory
extends Object

RenderKitFactory is a factory object that registers and returns RenderKit instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of RenderKit. Advanced implementations (or external third party libraries) may provide additional RenderKit implementations (keyed by render kit identifiers) for performing different types of rendering for the same components.

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

   RenderKitFactory factory = (RenderKitFactory)
    FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.RENDER_KIT_FACTORY);
 

Field Summary

static String

HTML_BASIC_RENDER_KIT The render kit identifier of the default RenderKit instance for this JavaServer Faces implementation.

Constructor Summary

RenderKitFactory()

Method Summary

abstract void	addRenderKit(String renderKitId, RenderKit renderKit) Register the specified RenderKit instance, associated with the specified renderKitId, to be supported by this RenderKitFactory, replacing any previously registered RenderKit for this identifier.
abstract RenderKit	getRenderKit(FacesContext context, String renderKitId) Return a RenderKit instance for the specified render kit identifier, possibly customized based on dynamic characteristics of the specified FacesContext, if non-null.
abstract Iterator<String>	getRenderKitIds() Return an Iterator over the set of render kit identifiers registered with this factory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

HTML_BASIC_RENDER_KIT

public static final String HTML_BASIC_RENDER_KIT

The render kit identifier of the default RenderKit instance for this JavaServer Faces implementation.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RenderKitFactory

public RenderKitFactory()

Method Detail

addRenderKit

public abstract void addRenderKit(String renderKitId,
                                  RenderKit renderKit)

Register the specified RenderKit instance, associated with the specified renderKitId, to be supported by this RenderKitFactory, replacing any previously registered RenderKit for this identifier.

Parameters:

renderKitId - Identifier of the RenderKit to register

renderKit - RenderKit instance that we are registering

Throws:

NullPointerException - if renderKitId or renderKit is null

getRenderKit

public abstract RenderKit getRenderKit(FacesContext context,
                                       String renderKitId)

Return a RenderKit instance for the specified render kit identifier, possibly customized based on dynamic characteristics of the specified FacesContext, if non-null. If there is no registered RenderKit for the specified identifier, return null. The set of available render kit identifiers is available via the getRenderKitIds() method.

Parameters:

context - FacesContext for the request currently being processed, or null if none is available.

renderKitId - Render kit identifier of the requested RenderKit instance

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if no RenderKit instance can be returned for the specified identifier

NullPointerException - if renderKitId is null

getRenderKitIds

public abstract Iterator<String> getRenderKitIds()

Return an Iterator over the set of render kit identifiers registered with this factory. This set must include the value specified by RenderKitFactory.HTML_BASIC_RENDER_KIT.