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package org.apache.jasper.compiler.tagplugin;


/**
 * This interface allows the plugin author to make inquiries about the properties of the current tag, and to use Jasper
 * resources to generate direct Java codes in place of tag handler invocations.
 */

public interface TagPluginContext {
    /**
     * @return true if the body of the tag is scriptless.
     */
    boolean isScriptless();

    /**
     * @param attribute Name of the attribute
     *
     * @return true if the attribute is specified in the tag
     */
    boolean isAttributeSpecified(String attribute);

    /**
     * @return A unique temporary variable name that the plugin can use.
     */
    String getTemporaryVariableName();

    /**
     * Generate an import statement
     *
     * @param s Name of the import class, '*' allowed.
     */
    void generateImport(String s);

    /**
     * Generate a declaration in the of the generated class. This can be used to declare an inner class, a method, or a
     * class variable.
     *
     * @param id   A unique ID identifying the declaration. It is not part of the declaration, and is used to ensure
     *                 that the declaration will only appear once. If this method is invoked with the same id more than
     *                 once in the translation unit, only the first declaration will be taken.
     * @param text The text of the declaration.
     */
    void generateDeclaration(String id, String text);

    /**
     * Generate Java source code scriptlet
     *
     * @param s the scriptlet (raw Java source)
     */
    void generateJavaSource(String s);

    /**
     * @param attribute The attribute name
     *
     * @return true if the attribute is specified and its value is a translation-time constant.
     */
    boolean isConstantAttribute(String attribute);

    /**
     * @param attribute The attribute name
     *
     * @return A string that is the value of a constant attribute. Undefined if the attribute is not a
     *             (translation-time) constant. null if the attribute is not specified.
     */
    String getConstantAttribute(String attribute);

    /**
     * Generate codes to evaluate value of a attribute in the custom tag The codes is a Java expression. NOTE: Currently
     * cannot handle attributes that are fragments.
     *
     * @param attribute The specified attribute
     */
    void generateAttribute(String attribute);

    /**
     * Generate codes for the body of the custom tag
     */
    void generateBody();

    /**
     * Abandon optimization for this tag handler, and instruct Jasper to generate the tag handler calls, as usual.
     * Should be invoked if errors are detected, or when the tag body is deemed too complicated for optimization.
     */
    void dontUseTagPlugin();

    /**
     * Get the PluginContext for the parent of this custom tag. NOTE: The operations available for PluginContext so
     * obtained is limited to getPluginAttribute and setPluginAttribute, and queries (e.g. isScriptless(). There should
     * be no calls to generate*().
     *
     * @return The pluginContext for the parent node. null if the parent is not a custom tag, or if the pluginContext if
     *             not available (because useTagPlugin is false, e.g).
     */
    TagPluginContext getParentContext();

    /**
     * Associate the attribute with a value in the current tagplugin context. The plugin attributes can be used for
     * communication among tags that must work together as a group. See &lt;c:when&gt; for an example.
     *
     * @param attr  The attribute name
     * @param value The attribute value
     */
    void setPluginAttribute(String attr, Object value);

    /**
     * Get the value of an attribute in the current tagplugin context.
     *
     * @param attr The attribute name
     *
     * @return the attribute value
     */
    Object getPluginAttribute(String attr);

    /**
     * Is the tag being used inside a tag file?
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if inside a tag file
     */
    boolean isTagFile();
}

