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23 package com.sun.enterprise.tools.jsfext.component.factory;
24
25 import com.sun.enterprise.tools.jsfext.layout.descriptor.LayoutComponent;
26
27 import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
28 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
29
30
31 /**
32  * <p> This interface must be implemented by all UIComponent factories.
33  * This enabled UIComponents to be created via a consistent interface.
34  * This is critical to classes such as
35  * {@link com.sun.enterprise.tools.jsfext.component.TemplateComponentBase}
36  * and {@link LayoutComponent}.</p>
37  *
38  * @author Ken Paulsen (ken.paulsen@sun.com)
39  */
40 public interface ComponentFactory {
41
42     /**
43      * <p> This is the factory method responsible for creating the
44      * <code>UIComponent</code>.</p>
45      *
46      * @param context The <code>FacesContext</code>
47      * @param descriptor The {@link LayoutComponent} descriptor associated
48      * with the requested <code>UIComponent</code>.
49      * @param parent The parent <code>UIComponent</code>
50      *
51      * @return The newly created <code>UIComponent</code>.
52      */
53     public UIComponent create(FacesContext context, LayoutComponent descriptor, UIComponent parent);
54 }
55
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