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package org.apache.myfaces.extensions.scripting.jsf.resources;

import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

/**
 * A utility class to isolate a ResourceHandler implementation from its
 * underlying implementation
 * 
 * @author Leonardo Uribe (latest modification by $Author: lu4242 $)
 * @version $Revision: 891494 $ $Date: 2009-12-16 19:42:18 -0500 (Mié, 16 Dic 2009) $
 */
public abstract class ResourceHandlerSupport
{

    /**
     * Calculate the resource base path.
     * 
     * It should extract a string like:
     * 
     * ResourceHandler.RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER + '/' + getResourceName()
     * 
     * For example:
     * 
     * /javax.faces.resource/image.jpg
     * 
     * This is used on ResourceHandler.handleResourceRequest()
     * 
     */
    public abstract String calculateResourceBasePath(FacesContext facesContext);

    /**
     * Return an array of resource loaders used to find resources
     * using the standard. The order of ResourceLoaders define
     * its precedence. 
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public abstract ResourceLoader[] getResourceLoaders();
    
    /**
     * Check if the mapping used is done using extensions (.xhtml, .jsf)
     * or if it is not (/faces/*)
     * @return
     */
    public abstract boolean isExtensionMapping();
    
    /**
     * Get the mapping used as prefix(/faces) or sufix(.jsf)
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public abstract String getMapping();
    
    /**
     * Return the time when the app started. This is useful to set the
     * "Last-Modified" header in some specific cases.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public abstract long getStartupTime();
    
    /**
     * Return the time that should be set on "Expires" header in a resource.
     * 
     * @return
     */
    public abstract long getMaxTimeExpires();
}