Module jakarta.faces

Package com.sun.faces.facelets.tag

Interface TagLibrary

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHtmlLibrary, AbstractTagLibrary, CompositeComponentTagLibrary, CompositeLibrary, CompositeTagLibrary, CoreLibrary, FacesComponentTagLibrary, FunctionLibrary, HtmlLibrary, JstlCoreLibrary, LazyTagLibrary, PassThroughAttributeLibrary, PassThroughElementLibrary, TagLibraryImpl, UILibrary

public interface TagLibrary

A library of Tags associated with one or more namespaces.

Version:

$Id$

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	containsFunction(String ns, String name)	If this library contains the specified function name
boolean	containsNamespace(String ns, Tag t)	true if the namespace is used in this library
boolean	containsTagHandler(String ns, String localName)	If this library contains a TagHandler for the namespace and local name true if handled by this library
Method	createFunction(String ns, String name)	Return a Method instance for the passed namespace and name
TagHandler	createTagHandler(String ns, String localName, TagConfig tag)	Create a new instance of a TagHandler, using the passed TagConfig

Method Details

containsNamespace

boolean containsNamespace(String ns,
 Tag t)

true if the namespace is used in this library

Parameters:

ns - namespace

t - the tag instance currently active at the time this method is called. May be null

Returns:

whether the namespace is used in this library

containsTagHandler

boolean containsTagHandler(String ns,
 String localName)

If this library contains a TagHandler for the namespace and local name true if handled by this library

Parameters:

ns - namespace

localName - local name

Returns:

whether handled by this library

createTagHandler

TagHandler createTagHandler(String ns,
 String localName,
 TagConfig tag)
                     throws FacesException

Create a new instance of a TagHandler, using the passed TagConfig

Parameters:

ns - namespace

localName - local name

tag - configuration information

Returns:

a new TagHandler instance

Throws:

FacesException - when a Faces exception occurs

containsFunction

boolean containsFunction(String ns,
 String name)

If this library contains the specified function name

Parameters:

ns - namespace

name - function name

Returns:

true if handled

createFunction

Method createFunction(String ns,
 String name)

Return a Method instance for the passed namespace and name

Parameters:

ns - namespace

name - function name

Returns:

a Method instance for the passed namespace and name