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abstract public class: UIComponent [javadoc | source]
java.lang.Object
   javax.faces.component.UIComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:
    PartialStateHolder, ComponentSystemEventListener, SystemEventListenerHolder

UIComponent is the base class for all user interface components in JavaServer Faces. The set of UIComponent instances associated with a particular request and response are organized into a component tree under a UIViewRoot that represents the entire content of the request or response.

For the convenience of component developers, UIComponentBase provides the default behavior that is specified for a UIComponent , and is the base class for all of the concrete UIComponent "base" implementations. Component writers are encouraged to subclass UIComponentBase , instead of directly implementing this abstract class, to reduce the impact of any future changes to the method signatures.

If the javax.faces.event.ListenerFor annotation is attached to the class definition of a Component, that class must also implement javax.faces.event.ComponentSystemEventListener .

Nested Class Summary:
enum class  UIComponent.PropertyKeysPrivate   
enum class  UIComponent.PropertyKeys  Properties that are tracked by state saving. 
static final class  UIComponent.ComponentSystemEventListenerAdapter   
Field Summary
public static final  String CURRENT_COMPONENT   

The key to which the UIComponent currently being processed will be associated with within the FacesContext attributes map.

    Also see:
    javax.faces.context.FacesContext#getAttributes()
    since: 2.0 -
 
public static final  String CURRENT_COMPOSITE_COMPONENT   

The key to which the composite UIComponent currently being processed will be associated with within the FacesContext attributes map.

    Also see:
    javax.faces.context.FacesContext#getAttributes()
    since: 2.0 -
 
public static final  String BEANINFO_KEY   

The value of this constant is used as the key in the component attribute map, the value for which is a java.beans.BeanInfo implementation describing the composite component. This BeanInfo is known as the composite component BeanInfo.

    since: 2.0 -
 
public static final  String FACETS_KEY   

The value of this constant is used as the key in the composite component BeanDescriptor for the Map<PropertyDescriptor> that contains meta-information for the declared facets for this composite component. This map must contain an entry under the key #COMPOSITE_FACET_NAME , even if no facets were explicitly declared. See #COMPOSITE_FACET_NAME .

    since: 2.0 -
 
public static final  String VIEW_LOCATION_KEY   

The value of this constant is used as the key in the component attributes Map for the javax.faces.view.Location in the view at which this component instance resides.

    since: 2.0 -
 
public static final  String COMPOSITE_COMPONENT_TYPE_KEY   

The value of this constant is used as the key in the composite component BeanDescriptor for a ValueExpression that evaluates to the component-type of the composite component root UIComponent for this composite component, if one was declared by the composite component author.

    since: 2.0 -
 
public static final  String COMPOSITE_FACET_NAME   

The value of this constant is used as the key in the Map returned as described in #FACETS_KEY for the PropertyDescriptor describing the composite component facet. The value of this constant is also used as the key in the Map returned from #getFacets . In this case, it refers to the actual facet that is the javax.faces.component.UIPanel that is the parent of the all of the components in the <composite:implementation> section of the composite component VDL file.

    since: 2.0 -
 
 List<String> attributesThatAreSet    List of attributes that have been set on the component (this may be from setValueExpression, the attributes map, or setters from the concrete HTML components. This allows for faster rendering of attributes as this list is authoratative on what has been set. 
 StateHelper stateHelper     
 UIComponent compositeParent     
protected  Map<String, ValueExpression> bindings     
 boolean initialState     
 Map<SystemEventListener> listenersByEventClass     
Method from javax.faces.component.UIComponent Summary:
addFacesListener,   broadcast,   clearInitialState,   decode,   encodeAll,   encodeBegin,   encodeChildren,   encodeEnd,   findComponent,   getAttributes,   getChildCount,   getChildren,   getClientId,   getClientId,   getCompositeComponentParent,   getContainerClientId,   getCurrentComponent,   getCurrentCompositeComponent,   getFacesContext,   getFacesListeners,   getFacet,   getFacetCount,   getFacets,   getFacetsAndChildren,   getFamily,   getId,   getListenersForEventClass,   getNamingContainer,   getParent,   getRenderer,   getRendererType,   getRendersChildren,   getResourceBundleMap,   getStateHelper,   getStateHelper,   getValueBinding,   getValueExpression,   initialStateMarked,   invokeOnComponent,   isCompositeComponent,   isInView,   isRendered,   isVisitable,   markInitialState,   popComponentFromEL,   processDecodes,   processEvent,   processRestoreState,   processSaveState,   processUpdates,   processValidators,   pushComponentToEL,   queueEvent,   removeFacesListener,   setId,   setInView,   setParent,   setRendered,   setRendererType,   setValueBinding,   setValueExpression,   subscribeToEvent,   unsubscribeFromEvent,   visitTree
Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone,   equals,   finalize,   getClass,   hashCode,   notify,   notifyAll,   toString,   wait,   wait,   wait
Method from javax.faces.component.UIComponent Detail:
 abstract protected  void addFacesListener(FacesListener listener)

    Add the specified FacesListener to the set of listeners registered to receive event notifications from this UIComponent . It is expected that UIComponent classes acting as event sources will have corresponding typesafe APIs for registering listeners of the required type, and the implementation of those registration methods will delegate to this method. For example:

    public class FooEvent extends FacesEvent { ... }
    
    public interface FooListener extends FacesListener {
      public void processFoo(FooEvent event);
    }
    
    public class FooComponent extends UIComponentBase {
      ...
      public void addFooListener(FooListener listener) {
        addFacesListener(listener);
      }
      public void removeFooListener(FooListener listener) {
        removeFacesListener(listener);
      }
      ...
    }
    
 abstract public  void broadcast(FacesEvent event) throws AbortProcessingException
 public  void clearInitialState() 
 abstract public  void decode(FacesContext context)

    Decode any new state of this UIComponent from the request contained in the specified FacesContext , and store this state as needed.

    During decoding, events may be enqueued for later processing (by event listeners who have registered an interest), by calling queueEvent().

 public  void encodeAll(FacesContext context) throws IOException 

    If this component returns true from #isRendered , take the following action.

    Render this component and all its children that return true from isRendered(), regardless of the value of the #getRendersChildren flag.

 abstract public  void encodeBegin(FacesContext context) throws IOException
 abstract public  void encodeChildren(FacesContext context) throws IOException
 abstract public  void encodeEnd(FacesContext context) throws IOException
 abstract public UIComponent findComponent(String expr)

    Search for and return the UIComponent with an id that matches the specified search expression (if any), according to the algorithm described below.

    For a method to find a component given a simple clientId, see #invokeOnComponent .

    Component identifiers are required to be unique within the scope of the closest ancestor NamingContainer that encloses this component (which might be this component itself). If there are no NamingContainer components in the ancestry of this component, the root component in the tree is treated as if it were a NamingContainer , whether or not its class actually implements the NamingContainer interface.

    A search expression consists of either an identifier (which is matched exactly against the id property of a UIComponent , or a series of such identifiers linked by the UINamingContainer#getSeparatorChar character value. The search algorithm should operates as follows, though alternate alogrithms may be used as long as the end result is the same:

    • Identify the UIComponent that will be the base for searching, by stopping as soon as one of the following conditions is met:
      • If the search expression begins with the the separator character (called an "absolute" search expression), the base will be the root UIComponent of the component tree. The leading separator character will be stripped off, and the remainder of the search expression will be treated as a "relative" search expression as described below.
      • Otherwise, if this UIComponent is a NamingContainer it will serve as the basis.
      • Otherwise, search up the parents of this component. If a NamingContainer is encountered, it will be the base.
      • Otherwise (if no NamingContainer is encountered) the root UIComponent will be the base.
    • The search expression (possibly modified in the previous step) is now a "relative" search expression that will be used to locate the component (if any) that has an id that matches, within the scope of the base component. The match is performed as follows:
      • If the search expression is a simple identifier, this value is compared to the id property, and then recursively through the facets and children of the base UIComponent (except that if a descendant NamingContainer is found, its own facets and children are not searched).
      • If the search expression includes more than one identifier separated by the separator character, the first identifier is used to locate a NamingContainer by the rules in the previous bullet point. Then, the findComponent() method of this NamingContainer will be called, passing the remainder of the search expression.
 abstract public Map<String, Object> getAttributes()

    Return a mutable Map representing the attributes (and properties, see below) associated wth this UIComponent , keyed by attribute name (which must be a String). The returned implementation must support all of the standard and optional Map methods, plus support the following additional requirements:

    • The Map implementation must implement the java.io.Serializable interface.
    • Any attempt to add a null key or value must throw a NullPointerException.
    • Any attempt to add a key that is not a String must throw a ClassCastException.
    • If the attribute name specified as a key matches a property of this UIComponent 's implementation class, the following methods will have special behavior:
      • containsKey - Return false.
      • get() - If the property is readable, call the getter method and return the returned value (wrapping primitive values in their corresponding wrapper classes); otherwise throw IllegalArgumentException.
      • put() - If the property is writeable, call the setter method to set the corresponding value (unwrapping primitive values in their corresponding wrapper classes). If the property is not writeable, or an attempt is made to set a property of primitive type to null, throw IllegalArgumentException.
      • remove - Throw IllegalArgumentException.
 abstract public int getChildCount()

    Return the number of child UIComponent s that are associated with this UIComponent . If there are no children, this method must return 0. The method must not cause the creation of a child component list.

 abstract public List<UIComponent> getChildren()

    Return a mutable List representing the child UIComponent s associated with this component. The returned implementation must support all of the standard and optional List methods, plus support the following additional requirements:

 public String getClientId() 
 abstract public String getClientId(FacesContext context)

    Return a client-side identifier for this component, generating one if necessary. The associated Renderer , if any, will be asked to convert the clientId to a form suitable for transmission to the client.

    The return from this method must be the same value throughout the lifetime of the instance, unless the id property of the component is changed, or the component is placed in a NamingContainer whose client ID changes (for example, UIData ). However, even in these cases, consecutive calls to this method must always return the same value. The implementation must follow these steps in determining the clientId:

    Find the closest ancestor to this component in the view hierarchy that implements NamingContainer. Call getContainerClientId() on it and save the result as the parentId local variable. Call #getId on this component and save the result as the myId local variable. If myId is null, call context.getViewRoot().createUniqueId() and assign the result to myId. If parentId is non-null, let myId equal parentId + UINamingContainer#getSeparatorChar + myId. Call Renderer#convertClientId , passing myId, and return the result.

 public static UIComponent getCompositeComponentParent(UIComponent component) 

    Finds the nearest composite component parent of the specified component.

 public String getContainerClientId(FacesContext context) 

    Allow components that implement NamingContainer to selectively disable prepending their clientId to their descendent's clientIds by breaking the prepending logic into a seperately callable method. See #getClientId for usage.

    By default, this method will call through to #getClientId and return the result.

 public static UIComponent getCurrentComponent(FacesContext context) 

    Return the UIComponent instance that is currently processing. This is equivalent to evaluating the EL expression "#{component}" and doing a getValue operation on the resultant ValueExpression.

    This method must return null if there is no currently processing UIComponent

 public static UIComponent getCurrentCompositeComponent(FacesContext context) 

    Return the closest ancestor component, relative to the component returned from #getCurrentComponent , that is a composite component, or null if no such component exists.

 abstract protected FacesContext getFacesContext()

    Convenience method to return the FacesContext instance for the current request.

 abstract protected FacesListener[] getFacesListeners(Class clazz)

    Return an array of registered FacesListener s that are instances of the specified class. If there are no such registered listeners, a zero-length array is returned. The returned array can be safely be cast to an array strongly typed to an element type of clazz.

 abstract public UIComponent getFacet(String name)

    Convenience method to return the named facet, if it exists, or null otherwise. If the requested facet does not exist, the facets Map must not be created.

 public int getFacetCount() 

    Return the number of facet UIComponent s that are associated with this UIComponent . If there are no facets, this method must return 0. The method must not cause the creation of a facet component map.

    For backwards compatability with classes that extend UIComponent directly, a default implementation is provided that simply calls #getFacets and then calls the size() method on the returned Map. A more optimized version of this method is provided in UIComponentBase#getFacetCount .

 abstract public Map<String, UIComponent> getFacets()

    Return a mutable Map representing the facet UIComponent s associated with this UIComponent , keyed by facet name (which must be a String). The returned implementation must support all of the standard and optional Map methods, plus support the following additional requirements:

    • The Map implementation must implement the java.io.Serializable interface.
    • Any attempt to add a null key or value must throw a NullPointerException.
    • Any attempt to add a key that is not a String must throw a ClassCastException.
    • Any attempt to add a value that is not a UIComponent must throw a ClassCastException.
    • Whenever a new facet UIComponent is added:
      • The parent property of the component must be set to this component instance.
      • If the parent property of the component was already non-null, the component must first be removed from its previous parent (where it may have been either a child or a facet).
    • Whenever an existing facet UIComponent is removed:
      • The parent property of the facet must be set to null.
 abstract public Iterator<UIComponent> getFacetsAndChildren()

    Return an Iterator over the facet followed by child UIComponent s of this UIComponent . Facets are returned in an undefined order, followed by all the children in the order they are stored in the child list. If this component has no facets or children, an empty Iterator is returned.

    The returned Iterator must not support the remove() operation.

 abstract public String getFamily()

    Return the identifier of the component family to which this component belongs. This identifier, in conjunction with the value of the rendererType property, may be used to select the appropriate Renderer for this component instance.

 abstract public String getId()
 public List<SystemEventListener> getListenersForEventClass(Class<SystemEvent> eventClass) 

    Return the SystemEventListener instances registered on this UIComponent instance that are interested in events of type eventClass.

 public UIComponent getNamingContainer() 

    Starting with "this", return the closest component in the ancestry that is a NamingContainer or null if none can be found.

 abstract public UIComponent getParent()

    Return the parent UIComponent of this UIComponent, if any. A component must allow child components to be added to and removed from the list of children of this component, even though the child component returns null from getParent( ).

 abstract protected Renderer getRenderer(FacesContext context)

    Convenience method to return the Renderer instance associated with this component, if any; otherwise, return null.

 abstract public String getRendererType()
 abstract public boolean getRendersChildren()

    Return a flag indicating whether this component is responsible for rendering its child components. The default implementation in UIComponentBase#getRendersChildren tries to find the renderer for this component. If it does, it calls Renderer#getRendersChildren and returns the result. If it doesn't, it returns false. As of version 1.2 of the JavaServer Faces Specification, component authors are encouraged to return true from this method and rely on UIComponentBase#encodeChildren .

 public Map<String, String> getResourceBundleMap() 

    Return a Map<String,String> of the ResourceBundle for this component. A component may have a ResourceBundle associated with it. This bundle may contain localized properties relating to instances of this component. The default implementation first looks for a ResourceBundle with a base name equal to the fully qualified class name of the current UIComponent this and Locale equal to the Locale of the current UIViewRoot. If no such bundle is found, and the component is a composite component, let resourceName be the resourceName of the Resource for this composite component, replacing the file extension with ".properties". Let libraryName be the libraryName of the the Resource for this composite component. Call javax.faces.application.ResourceHandler#createResource(java.lang.String,java.lang.String) , passing the derived resourceName and libraryName. Note that this will automatically allow for the localization of the ResourceBundle due to the localization facility implemented in createResource, which is specified in section JSF.2.6.1.3 of the spec prose document. If the resultant Resource exists and can be found, the InputStream for the resource is used to create a ResourceBundle. If either of the two previous steps for obtaining the ResourceBundle for this component is successful, the ResourceBundle is wrapped in a Map<String,String> and returned. Otherwise Collections.EMPTY_MAP is returned.

 protected StateHelper getStateHelper() 
 protected StateHelper getStateHelper(boolean create) 

    Like #getStateHelper() , but only create a state helper instance if the argument creat is true.

 abstract public ValueBinding getValueBinding(String name)Deprecated! This -  has been replaced by #getValueExpression .

    Call through to #getValueExpression and examine the result. If the result is an instance of the wrapper class mandated in #setValueBinding , extract the ValueBinding instance and return it. Otherwise, wrap the result in an implementation of ValueBinding, and return it.

 public ValueExpression getValueExpression(String name) 

    Return the ValueExpression used to calculate the value for the specified attribute or property name, if any.

    This method must be overridden and implemented for components that comply with JSF 1.2 and later.

 public boolean initialStateMarked() 
 public boolean invokeOnComponent(FacesContext context,
    String clientId,
    ContextCallback callback) throws FacesException 

    Starting at this component in the View hierarchy, search for a component with a clientId equal to the argument clientId and, if found, call the ContextCallback#invokeContextCallback method on the argument callback, passing the current FacesContext and the found component as arguments. This method is similar to #findComponent but it does not support the leading UINamingContainer#getSeparatorChar syntax for searching from the root of the View.

    The default implementation will first check if this.getClientId() is equal to the argument clientId. If so, call the ContextCallback#invokeContextCallback method on the argument callback, passing through the FacesContext argument and passing this as the component argument. If an Exception is thrown by the callback, wrap it in a FacesException and re-throw it. Otherwise, return true.

    Otherwise, for each component returned by #getFacetsAndChildren , call invokeOnComponent() passing the arguments to this method, in order. The first time invokeOnComponent() returns true, abort traversing the rest of the Iterator and return true.

    When calling ContextCallback#invokeContextCallback the implementation of this method must guarantee that the state of the component passed to the callback correctly reflects the component's position in the View hierarchy with respect to any state found in the argument clientId. For example, an iterating component such as UIData will need to set its row index to correctly reflect the argument clientId before finding the appropriate child component backed by the correct row. When the callback returns, either normally or by throwing an Exception the implementation of this method must restore the state of the view to the way it was before invoking the callback.

    If none of the elements from #getFacetsAndChildren returned true from invokeOnComponent(), return false.

    Simple usage example to find a component by clientId.

    
    private UIComponent found = null;
    
    private void doFind(FacesContext context, String clientId) {
    context.getViewRoot().invokeOnComponent(context, clientId,
    new ContextCallback() {
    public void invokeContextCallback(FacesContext context,
    UIComponent component) {
    found = component;
    }
    });
    }
    
 public static boolean isCompositeComponent(UIComponent component) 

    Return true if component is a composite component, otherwise false.

 public boolean isInView() 

    Return true if this component is within the view hierarchy otherwise false

 abstract public boolean isRendered()

    Return true if this component (and its children) should be rendered during the Render Response phase of the request processing lifecycle.

 protected boolean isVisitable(VisitContext context) 

    Return true if this component should be visited, false otherwise. Called by UIComponent.visitTree() to determine whether this component satisfies the hints returned by javax.faces.component.visit.VisitContext#getHints .

    If this method returns false, the tree visited is short-circuited such that neither the component nor any of its descendents will be visited>

    Custom {@code visitTree()} implementations may call this method to determine whether the component is visitable before performing any visit-related processing.

 public  void markInitialState() 
 public final  void popComponentFromEL(FacesContext context) 

    Pop the current UIComponent from the FacesContext attributes map so that the previous UIComponent, if any, becomes the current component.

 abstract public  void processDecodes(FacesContext context)

    Perform the component tree processing required by the Apply Request Values phase of the request processing lifecycle for all facets of this component, all children of this component, and this component itself, as follows.

    • If the rendered property of this UIComponent is false, skip further processing.
    • Call #pushComponentToEL .
    • Call the processDecodes() method of all facets and children of this UIComponent , in the order determined by a call to getFacetsAndChildren().
    • Call the decode() method of this component.
    • Call #popComponentFromEL from inside of a finally block, just before returning.
    • If a RuntimeException is thrown during decode processing, call FacesContext#renderResponse and re-throw the exception.
 public  void processEvent(ComponentSystemEvent event) throws AbortProcessingException 

    The default implementation performs the following action. If the argument event is an instance of PostRestoreStateEvent , call this.#getValueExpression passing the literal string “binding”, without the quotes, as the argument. If the result is non-null, set the value of the ValueExpression to be this.

 abstract public  void processRestoreState(FacesContext context,
    Object state)

    Perform the component tree processing required by the Restore View phase of the request processing lifecycle for all facets of this component, all children of this component, and this component itself, as follows.

    This method may not be called if the state saving method is set to server.

 abstract public Object processSaveState(FacesContext context)

    Perform the component tree processing required by the state saving portion of the Render Response phase of the request processing lifecycle for all facets of this component, all children of this component, and this component itself, as follows.

    • consult the transient property of this component. If true, just return null.
    • Call #pushComponentToEL .
    • Call the processSaveState() method of all facets and children of this UIComponent in the order determined by a call to getFacetsAndChildren(), skipping children and facets that are transient. Ensure that #popComponentFromEL is called correctly after each child or facet.
    • Call the saveState() method of this component.
    • Encapsulate the child state and your state into a Serializable Object and return it.

    This method may not be called if the state saving method is set to server.

 abstract public  void processUpdates(FacesContext context)

    Perform the component tree processing required by the Update Model Values phase of the request processing lifecycle for all facets of this component, all children of this component, and this component itself, as follows.

    • If the rendered property of this UIComponent is false, skip further processing.
    • Call #pushComponentToEL .
    • Call the processUpdates() method of all facets and children of this UIComponent , in the order determined by a call to getFacetsAndChildren(). After returning from the processUpdates() method on a child or facet, call UIComponent#popComponentFromEL
 abstract public  void processValidators(FacesContext context)

    Perform the component tree processing required by the Process Validations phase of the request processing lifecycle for all facets of this component, all children of this component, and this component itself, as follows.

    • If the rendered property of this UIComponent is false, skip further processing.
    • Call #pushComponentToEL .
    • Call the processValidators() method of all facets and children of this UIComponent , in the order determined by a call to getFacetsAndChildren().
 public final  void pushComponentToEL(FacesContext context,
    UIComponent component) 

    Push the current UIComponent this to the FacesContext attribute map using the key #CURRENT_COMPONENT saving the previous UIComponent associated with #CURRENT_COMPONENT for a subsequent call to #popComponentFromEL .

    This method and popComponentFromEL() form the basis for the contract that enables the EL Expression "#{component}" to resolve to the "current" component that is being processed in the lifecycle. The requirements for when pushComponentToEL() and popComponentFromEL() must be called are specified as needed in the javadoc for this class.

    After pushComponentToEL() returns, a call to #getCurrentComponent must return this UIComponent instance until popComponentFromEL() is called, after which point the previous UIComponent instance will be returned from getCurrentComponent()

 abstract public  void queueEvent(FacesEvent event)

    Queue an event for broadcast at the end of the current request processing lifecycle phase. The default implementation in UIComponentBase must delegate this call to the queueEvent() method of the parent UIComponent .

 abstract protected  void removeFacesListener(FacesListener listener)

    Remove the specified FacesListener from the set of listeners registered to receive event notifications from this UIComponent .

 abstract public  void setId(String id)

    Set the component identifier of this UIComponent (if any). Component identifiers must obey the following syntax restrictions:

    • Must not be a zero-length String.
    • First character must be a letter or an underscore ('_').
    • Subsequent characters must be a letter, a digit, an underscore ('_'), or a dash ('-').

    Component identifiers must also obey the following semantic restrictions (note that this restriction is NOT enforced by the setId() implementation):

    • The specified identifier must be unique among all the components (including facets) that are descendents of the nearest ancestor UIComponent that is a NamingContainer , or within the scope of the entire component tree if there is no such ancestor that is a NamingContainer .
 public  void setInView(boolean isInView) 

    Updates the status as to whether or not this component is currently within the view hierarchy. This method must never be called by developers; a UIComponent 's internal implementation will call it as components are added to or removed from a parent's child List or facet Map.

 abstract public  void setParent(UIComponent parent)
 abstract public  void setRendered(boolean rendered)
 abstract public  void setRendererType(String rendererType)
 abstract public  void setValueBinding(String name,
    ValueBinding binding)Deprecated! This -  has been replaced by #setValueExpression .

 public  void setValueExpression(String name,
    ValueExpression binding) 

    Set the ValueExpression used to calculate the value for the specified attribute or property name, if any.

    The implementation must call ValueExpression#isLiteralText on the argument expression. If isLiteralText() returns true, invoke ValueExpression#getValue on the argument expression and pass the result as the value parameter in a call to this.#getAttributes() .put(name, value) where name is the argument name. If an exception is thrown as a result of calling ValueExpression#getValue , wrap it in a javax.faces.FacesException and re-throw it. If isLiteralText() returns false, simply store the un-evaluated expression argument in the collection of ValueExpressions under the key given by the argument name.

    This method must be overridden and implemented for components that comply with JSF 1.2 and later.

 public  void subscribeToEvent(Class<SystemEvent> eventClass,
    ComponentSystemEventListener componentListener) 

    Install the listener instance referenced by argument componentListener as a listener for events of type eventClass originating from this specific instance of UIComponent. The default implementation creates an inner SystemEventListener instance that wraps argument componentListener as the listener argument. This inner class must call through to the argument componentListener in its implementation of SystemEventListener#processEvent and its implementation of SystemEventListener#isListenerForSource must return true if the instance class of this UIComponent is assignable from the argument to isListenerForSource.

 public  void unsubscribeFromEvent(Class<SystemEvent> eventClass,
    ComponentSystemEventListener componentListener) 

    Remove the listener instance referenced by argument componentListener as a listener for events of type eventClass originating from this specific instance of UIComponent. When doing the comparison to determine if an existing listener is equal to the argument componentListener (and thus must be removed), the equals() method on the existing listener must be invoked, passing the argument componentListener, rather than the other way around.

 public boolean visitTree(VisitContext context,
    VisitCallback callback) 

    Perform a tree visit starting at this node in the tree.

    UIComponent.visitTree() implementations do not invoke the VisitCallback directly, but instead call VisitContext#invokeVisitCallback to invoke the callback. This allows {@code VisitContext} implementations to provide optimized tree traversals, for example by only calling the {@code VisitCallback} for a subset of components.

    UIComponent.visitTree() implementations must call UIComponent.pushComponentToEL() before performing the visit and UIComponent.popComponentFromEL() after the visit.