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package javax.servlet.jsp;

import javax.servlet.Servlet;
import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;

/**
 * <p>
 * The JspFactory is an abstract class that defines a number of factory
 * methods available to a JSP page at runtime for the purposes of creating
 * instances of various interfaces and classes used to support the JSP 
 * implementation.
 * <p>
 * A conformant JSP Engine implementation will, during it's initialization
 * instantiate an implementation dependent subclass of this class, and make 
 * it globally available for use by JSP implementation classes by registering
 * the instance created with this class via the
 * static <code> setDefaultFactory() </code> method.
 * <p>
 * The PageContext and the JspEngineInfo classes are the only implementation-dependent
 * classes that can be created from the factory.
 * <p>
 * JspFactory objects should not be used by JSP page authors.
 */

public abstract class JspFactory {

    private static JspFactory deflt = null;
    
    /**
     * Sole constructor. (For invocation by subclass constructors, 
     * typically implicit.)
     */
    public JspFactory() {
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * set the default factory for this implementation. It is illegal for
     * any principal other than the JSP Engine runtime to call this method.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param deflt	The default factory implementation
     */

    public static synchronized void setDefaultFactory(JspFactory deflt) {
	JspFactory.deflt = deflt;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the default factory for this implementation.
     *
     * @return the default factory for this implementation
     */

    public static synchronized JspFactory getDefaultFactory() {
	return deflt;
    }

    /**
     * <p>
     * obtains an instance of an implementation dependent 
     * javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext abstract class for the calling Servlet
     * and currently pending request and response.
     * </p>
     *
     * <p>
     * This method is typically called early in the processing of the 
     * _jspService() method of a JSP implementation class in order to 
     * obtain a PageContext object for the request being processed.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * Invoking this method shall result in the PageContext.initialize()
     * method being invoked. The PageContext returned is properly initialized.
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * All PageContext objects obtained via this method shall be released
     * by invoking releasePageContext().
     * </p>
     *
     * @param servlet   the requesting servlet
     * @param request	the current request pending on the servlet
     * @param response	the current response pending on the servlet
     * @param errorPageURL the URL of the error page for the requesting JSP, or null
     * @param needsSession true if the JSP participates in a session
     * @param buffer	size of buffer in bytes, PageContext.NO_BUFFER if no buffer,
     *			PageContext.DEFAULT_BUFFER if implementation default.
     * @param autoflush	should the buffer autoflush to the output stream on buffer
     *			overflow, or throw an IOException?
     *
     * @return the page context
     *
     * @see javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext
     */

    public abstract PageContext getPageContext(Servlet	       servlet,
				    	       ServletRequest  request,
				    	       ServletResponse response,
				    	       String	       errorPageURL,
				    	       boolean         needsSession,
				    	       int             buffer,
				    	       boolean         autoflush);

    /**
     * <p>
     * called to release a previously allocated PageContext object.
     * Results in PageContext.release() being invoked.
     * This method should be invoked prior to returning from the _jspService() method of a JSP implementation
     * class.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param pc A PageContext previously obtained by getPageContext()
     */

    public abstract void releasePageContext(PageContext pc);

    /**
     * <p>
     * called to get implementation-specific information on the current JSP engine.
     * </p>
     *
     * @return a JspEngineInfo object describing the current JSP engine
     */
    
    public abstract JspEngineInfo getEngineInfo();
}