Package javax.faces.lifecycle

Class ClientWindow

java.lang.Object
javax.faces.lifecycle.ClientWindow
Direct Known Subclasses:
ClientWindowWrapper
public abstract class ClientWindow extends Object

This class represents a client window, which may be a browser tab, browser window, browser pop-up, portlet, or anything else that can display a UIComponent hierarchy rooted at a UIViewRoot.

Modes of Operation

none mode

The generation of ClientWindow is controlled by the value of the context-param named by the value of CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME. If this context-param is not specified, or its value is "none", no ClientWindow instances will be generated, and the entire feature is effectively disabled for the entire application.

Other modes

To accomadate the widest possible range of implementation choices to support this feature, explicit names for modes other than "none" and "url" are not specified. However, for all values of CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME, the lifetime of a ClientWindow starts on the first request made by a particular client window (or tab, or pop-up, etc) to the JSF runtime and persists as long as that window remains open or the session expires, whichever comes first. A client window is always associated with exactly one UIViewRoot instance at a time, but may display many different UIViewRoots during its lifetime.

The ClientWindow instance is associated with the incoming request during the Lifecycle.attachWindow(javax.faces.context.FacesContext) method. This method will cause a new instance of ClientWindow to be created, assigned an id, and passed to ExternalContext.setClientWindow(javax.faces.lifecycle.ClientWindow).

During state saving, regardless of the window id mode, or state saving mode, for ajax and non-ajax requests, a hidden field must be written whose name, id and value are given as specified in ResponseStateManager.CLIENT_WINDOW_PARAM.

In addition to the hidden field already described. The runtime must ensure that any component that renders a hyperlink that causes the user agent to send a GET request to the Faces server when it is clicked has a query parameter with a name and value specified in ResponseStateManager.CLIENT_WINDOW_URL_PARAM. This requirement is met by several of the "encode" methods on ExternalContext. See ExternalContext.encodeActionURL(java.lang.String) for details.

Since:
2.2

  • Field Details

    • CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME

      public static final String CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME

      The context-param that controls the operation of the ClientWindow feature. The runtime must support the values "none" and "url", without the quotes, but other values are possible. If not specified, or the value is not understood by the implementation, "none" is assumed.

      Since:
      2.2
      See Also:

  • Constructor Details

    • ClientWindow

      public ClientWindow()

  • Method Details

    • getQueryURLParameters

      public abstract Map<String,String> getQueryURLParameters(FacesContext context)

      This method will be called whenever a URL is generated by the runtime where client window related parameters need to be inserted into the URL. This guarantees custom ClientWindow implementations that they will have the opportunity to insert any additional client window specific information in any case where a URL is generated, such as the rendering of hyperlinks. The returned map must be immutable. The default implementation of this method returns the empty map.

      Parameters:
      context - the FacesContext for this request.
      Returns:
      null or a map of parameters to insert into the URL query string.
      Since:
      2.2

    • getId

      public abstract String getId()

      Return a String value that uniquely identifies this ClientWindow within the scope of the current session. See decode(javax.faces.context.FacesContext) for the specification of how to derive this value.

      Returns:
      the id of the ClientWindow
      Since:
      2.2

    • decode

      public abstract void decode(FacesContext context)

      The implementation is responsible for examining the incoming request and extracting the value that must be returned from the getId() method. If CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME is "none" this method must not be invoked. If CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME is "url" the implementation must first look for a request parameter under the name given by the value of ResponseStateManager.CLIENT_WINDOW_PARAM. If no value is found, look for a request parameter under the name given by the value of ResponseStateManager.CLIENT_WINDOW_URL_PARAM. If no value is found, fabricate an id that uniquely identifies this ClientWindow within the scope of the current session. This value must be made available to return from the getId() method. The value must be suitable for inclusion as a hidden field or query parameter. If a value is found, decrypt it using the key from the session and make it available for return from getId().

      Parameters:
      context - the FacesContext for this request.
      Since:
      2.2

    • disableClientWindowRenderMode

      public void disableClientWindowRenderMode(FacesContext context)

      Components that permit per-use disabling of the appending of the ClientWindow in generated URLs must call this method first before rendering those URLs. The caller must call enableClientWindowRenderMode(javax.faces.context.FacesContext) from a finally block after rendering the URL. If CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME is "url" without the quotes, all generated URLs that cause a GET request must append the ClientWindow by default. This is specified as a static method because callsites need to access it without having access to an actual ClientWindow instance.

      Parameters:
      context - the FacesContext for this request.
      Since:
      2.2

    • enableClientWindowRenderMode

      public void enableClientWindowRenderMode(FacesContext context)

      Components that permit per-use disabling of the appending of the ClientWindow in generated URLs must call this method first after rendering those URLs. If CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME is "url" without the quotes, all generated URLs that cause a GET request must append the ClientWindow by default. This is specified as a static method because callsites need to access it without having access to an actual ClientWindow instance.

      Parameters:
      context - the FacesContext for this request.
      Since:
      2.2

    • isClientWindowRenderModeEnabled

      public boolean isClientWindowRenderModeEnabled(FacesContext context)

      Methods that append the ClientWindow to generated URLs must call this method to see if they are permitted to do so. If CLIENT_WINDOW_MODE_PARAM_NAME is "url" without the quotes, all generated URLs that cause a GET request must append the ClientWindow by default. This is specified as a static method because callsites need to access it without having access to an actual ClientWindow instance.

      Parameters:
      context - the FacesContext for this request.
      Returns:
      the result as specified above
      Since:
      2.2