Module jakarta.faces

Package jakarta.faces.component

Interface ActionSource2

All Superinterfaces:

ActionSource

@Deprecated(since="4.1",
            forRemoval=true)
public interface ActionSource2
extends ActionSource

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Use ActionSource instead.

ActionSource2 extends ActionSource and provides a JavaBeans "action" property. The type of this property is a MethodExpression. This allows the ActionSource concept to leverage the Jakarta Expression Language API.

Since:

1.2

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
MethodExpression	getActionExpression()	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Return the MethodExpression pointing at the application action to be invoked, if this UIComponent is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the immediate property.
void	setActionExpression(MethodExpression action)	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. Set the MethodExpression pointing at the appication action to be invoked, if this UIComponent is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the immediate property.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.faces.component.ActionSource

addActionListener, getActionListeners, isImmediate, removeActionListener, setImmediate

Method Details

getActionExpression

MethodExpression getActionExpression()

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Return the MethodExpression pointing at the application action to be invoked, if this UIComponent is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the immediate property.

Specified by:

getActionExpression in interface ActionSource

Returns:

the action expression.

setActionExpression

void setActionExpression(MethodExpression action)

Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version.

Set the MethodExpression pointing at the appication action to be invoked, if this UIComponent is activated by the user, during the Apply Request Values or Invoke Application phase of the request processing lifecycle, depending on the value of the immediate property.

Any method referenced by such an expression must be public, with a return type of String, and accept no parameters.

Specified by:

setActionExpression in interface ActionSource

Parameters:

action - The new method expression