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package org.apache.tapestry5;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.SymbolSource;
import org.apache.tapestry5.services.AssetSource;
import org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONArray;
import org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONObject;
/**
* Provides support to all components that render. This is primarily about generating unique client-side ids (very
* important for JavaScript generation) as well as accumulating JavaScript to be sent to the client. PageRenderSupport
* also allows for the incremental addition of stylesheets.
*/
public interface RenderSupport
{
/**
* Allocates a unique id based on the component's id. In some cases, the return value will not precisely match the
* input value (an underscore and a unique index value may be appended).
*
* @param id the component id from which a unique id will be generated
* @return a unique id for this rendering of the page
* @see org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal.util.IdAllocator
*/
String allocateClientId(String id);
/**
* As with {@link #allocateClientId(String)} but uses the id of the component extracted from the resources.
*
* @param resources of the component which requires an id
* @return a unique id for this rendering of the page
*/
String allocateClientId(ComponentResources resources);
/**
* Adds one or more new script assets to the page. Assets are added uniquely, and appear as <script> elements
* just inside the <body> element of the rendered page. Duplicate requests to add the same script are quietly
* ignored.
*
* @param scriptAssets asset to the script to add
*/
void addScriptLink(Asset... scriptAssets);
/**
* Used to add scripts that are stored on the classpath. Each element has {@linkplain SymbolSource symbols
* expanded}, then is {@linkplain AssetSource converted to an asset} and added as a script link.
*
* @param classpaths array of paths. Symbols in the paths are expanded, then the paths are each converted into an
* asset.
*/
void addClasspathScriptLink(String... classpaths);
/**
* Adds a link to a CSS stylesheet. As with JavaScript libraries, each stylesheet is added at most once. Stylesheets
* added this way will be ordered before any other content in the <head> element of the document. The
* <head> element will be created, if necessary.
*
* @param stylesheet the asset referencing the stylesheet
* @param media the media value for the stylesheet, or null to not specify a specific media type
*/
void addStylesheetLink(Asset stylesheet, String media);
/**
* Adds a script statement to the page's script block (which appears at the end of the page, just before the
* &lt/body> tag).
*
* @param format base string format, to be passed through String.format
* @param arguments additional arguments formatted to form the final script
*/
void addScript(String format, Object... arguments);
/**
* Add an initialization call.
*
* @param functionName the name of the function (on the client-side Tapestry.Initializer object) to invoke.
* @param parameterList list of parameters for the method invocation.
* @see #addScript(String, Object[])
*/
void addInit(String functionName, JSONArray parameterList);
/**
* Alternate version of {@link #addInit(String, org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONArray)} where just a single object is
* passed.
*
* @param functionName the name of the function (on the client-side Tapestry object) to invoke.
* @param parameter the object to pass to the function
*/
void addInit(String functionName, JSONObject parameter);
/**
* Alternate version of {@link #addInit(String, org.apache.tapestry5.json.JSONArray)} where one or more strings are
* passed. A single string is added to the initialization call as itself; otherwise, the parameters are combined to
* form a {@link JSONArray}.
*
* @param functionName the name of the function (on the client-side Tapestry object) to invoke.
* @param parameters
*/
void addInit(String functionName, String... parameters);
}