com.sun.faces.facelets.tag

Class MethodRule

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.view.facelets.MetaRule

com.sun.faces.facelets.tag.MethodRule

public final class MethodRule
extends javax.faces.view.facelets.MetaRule

Optional Rule for binding Method[Binding|Expression] properties

Author:

Mike Kienenberger, Jacob Hookom

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MethodRule(String methodName, Class returnTypeClass, Class[] params)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
javax.faces.view.facelets.Metadata	applyRule(String name, javax.faces.view.facelets.TagAttribute attribute, javax.faces.view.facelets.MetadataTarget meta) Return an abstraction that takes appropriate action given the kind of rule represented by the argument name, in the context of this particular concrete subclass of MetaRule.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MethodRule

public MethodRule(String methodName,
                  Class returnTypeClass,
                  Class[] params)

Method Detail

applyRule

public javax.faces.view.facelets.Metadata applyRule(String name,
                                                    javax.faces.view.facelets.TagAttribute attribute,
                                                    javax.faces.view.facelets.MetadataTarget meta)

Description copied from class: javax.faces.view.facelets.MetaRule

Return an abstraction that takes appropriate action given the kind of rule represented by the argument name, in the context of this particular concrete subclass of MetaRule. The abstraction must encapsulate the value from the argument attribute.

Specified by:

applyRule in class javax.faces.view.facelets.MetaRule

Parameters:

name - the name for this rule. This will generally be the name of a tag attribute in the VDL.

attribute - the name/value pair for this attribute on this particular instance of an element in the page.

meta - the MetadataTarged that can be used to discern what kind of action to encapsulate within the abstraction to be returned.

Returns:

the Metadata.