javax.faces.application
Class ApplicationFactory

java.lang.Object
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public abstract class ApplicationFactory

extends java.lang.Object

ApplicationFactory is a factory object that creates (if needed) and returns Application instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of Application.

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

   ApplicationFactory factory = (ApplicationFactory)
    FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.APPLICATION_FACTORY);
 

Constructor Summary

ApplicationFactory()

Method Summary

abstract javax.faces.application.Application	getApplication() Create (if needed) and return an Application instance for this web application.
abstract void	setApplication(javax.faces.application.Application application) Replace the Application instance that will be returned for this web application.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ApplicationFactory

public ApplicationFactory()

Method Detail

getApplication

public abstract javax.faces.application.Application getApplication()

Create (if needed) and return an Application instance for this web application.

setApplication

public abstract void setApplication(javax.faces.application.Application application)

Replace the Application instance that will be returned for this web application.

Parameters:

application - The replacement Application instance

Throws:

java.lang.NullPointerException - if application is null.