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40
41 package javax.faces.component;
42
43
44 import javax.faces.event.ActionEvent;
45 import javax.faces.event.ActionListener;
46 import javax.faces.el.MethodBinding;
47
48
49
50 /**
51 * <p><strong>ActionSource</strong> is an interface that may be implemented
52 * by any concrete {@link UIComponent} that wishes to be a source of
53 * {@link ActionEvent}s, including the ability to invoke application
54 * actions via the default {@link ActionListener} mechanism.</p>
55 */
56
57 public interface ActionSource {
58
59
60 // -------------------------------------------------------------- Properties
61
62
63 /**
64 * <p>If the implementing class also implements {@link
65 * ActionSource2}, the implementation of this method must call
66 * through to {@link ActionSource2#getActionExpression} and examine
67 * the result. If the result came from a previous call to {@link
68 * #setAction}, extract the <code>MethodBinding</code> from it and
69 * return it. Otherwise, wrap the returned {@link
70 * javax.el.MethodExpression} in a <code>MethodBinding</code>
71 * implementation, and return it.</p>
72 *
73 * <p>If the implementing class does not implement
74 * <code>ActionSource2</code>, return the {@link
75 * MethodBinding}pointing at the application action to be invoked,
76 * if this {@link UIComponent} is activated by the user, during the
77 * <em>Apply Request Values</em> or <em>Invoke Application</em>
78 * phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value
79 * of the <code>immediate</code> property.</p>
80 *
81 * @deprecated This has been replaced by {@link
82 * ActionSource2#getActionExpression}.
83 */
84 public MethodBinding getAction();
85
86 /**
87 * <p>If the implementing class also implements {@link
88 * ActionSource2}, the implementation of this method must wrap the
89 * argument <code>action</code> in a class that implements {@link
90 * javax.el.MethodExpression} and call through to {@link
91 * ActionSource2#setActionExpression}, passing the wrapped
92 * <code>action</code>.</p>
93 *
94 * <p>If the implementing class does not implement
95 * <code>ActionSource2</code>, set the {@link MethodBinding}
96 * pointing at the appication action to be invoked, if this {@link
97 * UIComponent} is activated by the user, during the <em>Apply
98 * Request Values</em> or <em>Invoke Application</em> phase of the
99 * request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the
100 * <code>immediate</code> property.</p>
101 *
102 * <p>Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with
103 * a return type of <code>String</code>, and accept no parameters.</p>
104 *
105 * @param action The new MethodBinding expression
106 *
107 * @deprecated This has been replaced by {@link
108 * ActionSource2#setActionExpression(javax.el.MethodExpression)}.
109 */
110 public void setAction(MethodBinding action);
111
112
113 /**
114 * <p>If {@link #setActionListener} was not previously called
115 * for this instance, this method must return <code>null</code>. If
116 * it was called, this method must return the exact
117 * <code>MethodBinding</code> instance that was passed to {@link
118 * #setActionListener}.</p>
119 *
120 * <p> The method to be invoked, if this {@link UIComponent} is
121 * activated by the user, will be called during the <em>Apply
122 * Request Values</em> or <em>Invoke Application</em> phase of the
123 * request processing lifecycle, depending upon the value of the
124 * <code>immediate</code> property.</p>
125 *
126 * @deprecated Use {@link #getActionListeners} instead.
127 */
128 public MethodBinding getActionListener();
129
130
131 /**
132 * <p>Wrap the argument <code>actionListener</code> in an
133 * implementation of {@link ActionListener}
134 * and store it in the internal data structure that backs the {@link
135 * #getActionListeners} method, taking care to over-write any
136 * instance that was stored by a previous call to
137 * <code>setActionListener</code>.</p>
138 *
139 * <p>Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with
140 * a return type of <code>void</code>, and accept a single parameter of
141 * type <code>ActionEvent</code>.</p>
142 *
143 * @param actionListener The new method binding expression
144 *
145 * @deprecated This has been replaced by {@link
146 * #addActionListener(javax.faces.event.ActionListener)}.
147 */
148 public void setActionListener(MethodBinding actionListener);
149
150 /**
151 * <p>Return a flag indicating that the default {@link ActionListener}
152 * provided by the JavaServer Faces implementation should be executed
153 * immediately (that is, during <em>Apply Request Values</em> phase
154 * of the request processing lifecycle), rather than waiting until the
155 * <em>Invoke Application</em> phase. The default value for this
156 * property must be <code>false</code>.</p>
157 */
158 public boolean isImmediate();
159
160
161 /**
162 * <p>Set the "immediate execution" flag for this {@link UIComponent}.</p>
163 *
164 * @param immediate The new immediate execution flag
165 */
166 public void setImmediate(boolean immediate);
167
168
169 // -------------------------------------------------- Event Listener Methods
170
171
172 /**
173 * <p>Add a new {@link ActionListener} to the set of listeners interested
174 * in being notified when {@link ActionEvent}s occur.</p>
175 *
176 * @param listener The {@link ActionListener} to be added
177 *
178 * @throws NullPointerException if <code>listener</code>
179 * is <code>null</code>
180 */
181 public void addActionListener(ActionListener listener);
182
183
184 /**
185 * <p>Return the set of registered {@link ActionListener}s for this
186 * {@link ActionSource} instance. If there are no registered listeners,
187 * a zero-length array is returned.</p>
188 */
189 public abstract ActionListener[] getActionListeners();
190
191
192 /**
193 * <p>Remove an existing {@link ActionListener} (if any) from the set of
194 * listeners interested in being notified when {@link ActionEvent}s
195 * occur.</p>
196 *
197 * @param listener The {@link ActionListener} to be removed
198 *
199 * @throws NullPointerException if <code>listener</code>
200 * is <code>null</code>
201 */
202 public void removeActionListener(ActionListener listener);
203
204
205 }