FlashFactory

java.lang.Object
- javax.faces.context.FlashFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FacesWrapper<FlashFactory>
```
public abstract class FlashFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements FacesWrapper<FlashFactory>
```
FlashFactory is a factory object that creates (if needed) and returns Flash instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of Flash.
There must be one FlashFactory instance per web application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces. This instance can be acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:
```
   FlashFactory factory = (FlashFactory)
     FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.FLASH_FACTORY);
 
```
The common way to access the flash instance from Java code is still via ExternalContext.getFlash(). The common way to access the flash from Faces views is the implicit EL object "flash". The runtime must ensure that the FlashFactory is used to instantiate the flash.
Since:

2.2

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

FlashFactory()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Flash`	`getFlash(boolean create)`	Create (if needed) and return a `Flash` instance for this web application.
`FlashFactory`	`getWrapped()`	If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - FlashFactory
```
public FlashFactory()
```
- Method Detail
  - getWrapped
```
public FlashFactory getWrapped()
```
    If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped. A default implementation is provided that returns null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getWrapped in interface FacesWrapper<FlashFactory>
    
    Since:
    
    2.2
  - getFlash
```
public abstract Flash getFlash(boolean create)
```
    Create (if needed) and return a Flash instance for this web application.
    
    Parameters:
    
    create - true to create a new instance for this request if necessary; false to return null if there's no instance in the current session.
    
    Since:
    
    2.2