Facelet (Java EE 8)

java.lang.Object
- javax.faces.view.facelets.Facelet

```
public abstract class Facelet
extends java.lang.Object
```
The parent or root object in a FaceletHandler composition. The Facelet will take care of populating the passed UIComponent parent in relation to the create/restore lifecycle of JSF.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

Facelet()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract void`	`apply(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent parent)`	The passed UIComponent parent will be populated/restored in accordance with the Facelets chapter in the spec prose document.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - Facelet
```
public Facelet()
```
- Method Detail
  - apply
```
public abstract void apply(FacesContext facesContext,
                           UIComponent parent)
                    throws java.io.IOException
```
    The passed UIComponent parent will be populated/restored in accordance with the Facelets chapter in the spec prose document.
    
    Parameters:
    
    facesContext - The current FacesContext (Should be the same as FacesContext.getInstance())
    
    parent - The UIComponent to populate in a compositional fashion. In most cases a Facelet will be base a UIViewRoot.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if unable to load a file necessary to apply this Facelet
    
    FaceletException - if unable to parse the markup loaded in applying this Facelet
    
    FacesException - if unable to create child UIComponent instances
    
    ELException - if any of the expressions in the markup loaded during the apply fail