test30/src/main/java/org/apache/myfaces/test/mock/lifecycle/RestoreViewSupport.java

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package org.apache.myfaces.test.mock.lifecycle;

import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;

/**
 * Support class for restore view phase
 * 
 * @author Mathias Broekelmann (latest modification by $Author: mbr $)
 * @version $Revision: 517403 $ $Date: 2007-03-12 22:17:00 +0100 (Mo, 12 Mrz 2007) $
 * @since 1.0.0
 */
public interface RestoreViewSupport
{
    /**
     * <p>
     * Calculates the view id from the given faces context by the following algorithm
     * </p>
     * <ul>
     * <li>lookup the viewid from the request attribute "javax.servlet.include.path_info"
     * <li>if null lookup the value for viewid by {@link ExternalContext#getRequestPathInfo()}
     * <li>if null lookup the value for viewid from the request attribute "javax.servlet.include.servlet_path"
     * <li>if null lookup the value for viewid by {@link ExternalContext#getRequestServletPath()}
     * <li>if null throw a {@link FacesException}
     * </ul>
     */
    String calculateViewId(FacesContext facesContext);

    /**
     * Processes the component tree. For each component (including the given one) in the tree determine if a value
     * expression for the attribute "binding" is defined. If the expression is not null set the component instance to
     * the value of this expression
     * 
     * @param facesContext
     * @param component
     *            the root component
     */
    void processComponentBinding(FacesContext facesContext,
            UIComponent component);

    /**
     * <p>
     * Determine if the current request is a post back by the following algorithm.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * Find the render-kit-id for the current request by calling calculateRenderKitId() on the Application’s
     * ViewHandler. Get that RenderKit’s ResponseStateManager and call its isPostback() method, passing the given
     * FacesContext.
     * </p>
     * 
     * @param facesContext
     * @return
     */
    boolean isPostback(FacesContext facesContext);
}