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Coverage Report - org.apache.shale.dialog.DialogContextManager
 
Classes in this File Line Coverage Branch Coverage Complexity
DialogContextManager
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 /*
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  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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  * limitations under the License.
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  */
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 package org.apache.shale.dialog;
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 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
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 /**
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  * <p>Management functions for the {@link DialogContext} instances related
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  * to a particular user's session.</p>
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  *
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  * <p><strong>IMPLEMENTATION NOTE</strong> - Implementations of this interface
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  * will be stored in session scope, so they should be serializable.</p>
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  *
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  * @since 1.0.4
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  */
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 public interface DialogContextManager {
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     /**
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      * <p>Create a new instance of the specified dialog configuration, returning
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      * the newly created instance.  This instance must contain an
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      * <code>id</code> value that is guaranteed to be unique among all active
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      * instances for the current user.  The instance must also have been stored
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      * as a request scope attribute under key <code>Constants.INSTANCE_BEAN</code>.
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      * The new instance will not be associated with any parent instance.</p>
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      *
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      * @param context FacesContext for the current request
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      * @param name Logical name of the dialog to be created
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      * @return The newly created {@link DialogContext} instance, with no
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      *         parent dialog association
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      *
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      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if no dialog definition
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      * can be found for the specified logical name
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      */
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     public DialogContext create(FacesContext context, String name);
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     /**
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      * <p>Create a new instance of the specified dialog configuration, returning
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      * the newly created instance.  This instance must contain an
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      * <code>id</code> value that is guaranteed to be unique among all active
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      * instances for the current user.  The instance must also have been stored
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      * as a request scope attribute under key <code>Constants.INSTANCE_BEAN</code>.
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      * The new instance will be associated with the specified parent instance,
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      * which must be managed by this {@link DialogContextManager} and therefore
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      * belong to the same user.</p>
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      *
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      * <p><strong>IMPLEMENTATION NOTE</strong> - Applications should generally
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      * not call this method directly, because it will be awkward to associate
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      * the newly created {@link DialogContext} instance with a different view
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      * instance.  Instead, this method is primarily intended to support the
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      * ability to automatically associate the {@link DialogContext} for, say,
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      * a pop-up window with the {@link DialogContext} of the corresponding
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      * main window.  This facility is supported automatically by the phase
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      * listener that manages saving and restoring the association of a
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      * {@link DialogContext} and its corresponding JSF view.</p>
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      *
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      * @param context FacesContext for the current request
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      * @param name Logical name of the dialog to be executed
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      * @param parent Parent DialogContext with which the new instance
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      *  will be assocated (if any)
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      * @return The newly created "child" {@link DialogContext} instance
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      *
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      * @exception IllegalArgumentException if no dialog definition
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      *  can be found for the specified logical name
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      * @exception IllegalStateException if the specified <code>parent</code>
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      *  instance is not managed by this {@link DialogContextManager}
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      */
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     public DialogContext create(FacesContext context, String name,
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                                 DialogContext parent);
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     /**
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      * <p>Return the {@link DialogContext} instance for the specified identifier
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      * (if any); otherwise, return <code>null</code>.</p>
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      *
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      * @param id Dialog identifier for which to return an instance
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      * @return The {@link DialogContext} instance for this identifier,
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      *         may be null
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      */
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     public DialogContext get(String id);
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     /**
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      * <p>Remove the specified {@link DialogContext} instance from the set of
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      * active instances for the current user.</p>
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      *
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      * @param instance {@link DialogContext} instance to be removed
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      */
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     public void remove(DialogContext instance);
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     // ------------------------------------------ DialogContextManager Listeners
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     /**
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      * Register given {@link DialogContextManagerListener} for this
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      * {@link DialogContextManager}.  Listener cannot be <code>null</code>.
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      *
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      * @param listener The {@link DialogContextManagerListener} instance.
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      */
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     public void addDialogContextManagerListener(DialogContextManagerListener listener);
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     /**
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      * Return the set of currently registered {@link DialogContextManagerListener}s.
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      */
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     public DialogContextManagerListener[] getDialogContextManagerListeners();
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     /**
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      * Remove this previously registered {@link DialogContextManagerListener}
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      * for this {@link DialogContextManager}. The listener will no longer receive
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      * any associated callbacks.
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      *
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      * @param listener The {@link DialogContextManagerListener} instance.
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      */
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     public void removeDialogContextManagerListener(DialogContextManagerListener listener);
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 }