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  package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.util;
  
  import java.io.Serializable;
  import java.util.Map;
  import java.util.Queue;
  
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.Copyable;
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Component;
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.lifecycle.ViewLifecycle;
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.lifecycle.ViewLifecyclePhase;
  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.lifecycle.ViewLifecycleTask;
  
  /**
   * Interface to be implemented by objects that participates in the view lifecycle.
   *
   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
   */
  public interface LifecycleElement extends Serializable, Copyable {
  
      /**
       * The unique id (within a given tree) for the element.
       *
       * <p>The id is used to identify an element instance within the tree, and
       * will be used by renderers to set the HTML element id. This gives a way to find various elements
       * for scripting. If the id is not given, a default will be generated by the framework.
       * </p>
       *
       * @return A unique ID for this lifecycle element.
       */
      String getId();
  
      /**
       * Setter for the unique id (within a given tree) for the component
       *
       * @param id - string to set as the component id
       */
      void setId(String id);
  
      /**
       * A string suffix that should get applied to the id for all child components of the given element.
       *
       * <p>This is mainly used within the framework to keep ids unique. For instance, for components generated
       * for collection lines, all the components within those should get a line suffix. The framework will set
       * this property to be '_line0', '_line1', etc. Then when the apply model phase is run on the child components
       * their ids will be updated with this suffix.</p>
       *
       * @return String id suffix for child components
       * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.lifecycle.model.SuffixIdFromContainerTask
       */
      String getContainerIdSuffix();
  
      /**
       * @see LifecycleElement#getContainerIdSuffix()
       */
      void setContainerIdSuffix(String containerIdSuffix);
  
      /**
       * Gets a property for referring to this component from the view, relative to the view, as
       * assigned by the current or most recent lifecycle.
       * 
       * @return property path
       */
      String getViewPath();
  
      /**
       * Setter for {@link #getViewPath()}.
       * 
       * @param viewPath The property path.
       */
      void setViewPath(String viewPath);
  
      /**
       * Map of paths for this component that will be used to process a refresh (if necessary).
       *
       * @return map of refresh paths, key represents the lifecycle phase and the value is the path for
       * the component at that phase
       */
      Map<String, String> getPhasePathMapping();
  
      /**
       * @see LifecycleElement#getPhasePathMapping()
       */
      void setPhasePathMapping(Map<String, String> phasePathMapping);
      
     /**
      * Determine if this lifecycle element is mutable.
      * 
      * <p>
      * Most lifecycle element are immutable, and all are immutable expect during initialization and
      * the during the view lifecycle. Those that have been copied within the view lifecycle,
      * however, may be modified during the same lifecycle.
      * </p>
      * @param legalBeforeConfiguration true if the current operation may be called before the
      *        lifecycle element has been cached, for example while being initialized as part of a
      *        Spring context.
      * 
      * @return True if the component is mutable.
      */
     boolean isMutable(boolean legalBeforeConfiguration);
 
     /**
      * Check for mutability on the element before modifying state.
      *
      * @param legalDuringInitialization True if the operation is legal during view initialization,
      *        false if the operation is only allowed during the component lifecycle.
      * @throws IllegalStateException If the component is not mutable and the lifecycle is operating
      *         in strict mode.
      * @see ViewLifecycle#isStrict()
      */
     void checkMutable(boolean legalDuringInitialization);
 
     /**
      * Get the view lifecycle processing status for this component.
      * 
      * @return The view lifecycle processing status for this component.
      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.UifConstants.ViewStatus
      */
     String getViewStatus();
 
     /**
      * Sets the view status.
      * 
      * @param viewStatus view status
      * @see #getViewStatus()
      */
     void setViewStatus(String viewStatus);
 
     /**
      * Indicates whether the component should be rendered in the UI
      *
      * <p>
      * If set to false, the corresponding component template will not be invoked
      * (therefore nothing will be rendered to the UI).
      * </p>
      *
      * @return boolean true if the component should be rendered, false if it
      *         should not be
      */
     boolean isRender();
 
     /**
      * Setter for the components render indicator
      *
      * @param render
      */
     void setRender(boolean render);
 
     /**
      * Indicates whether the component has been initialized.
      *
      * @return True if the component has been initialized, false if not.
      */
     boolean isInitialized();
 
     /**
      * Indicates whether the component has been updated from the model.
      *
      * @return True if the component has been updated, false if not.
      */
     boolean isModelApplied();
 
     /**
      * Indicates whether the component has been updated from the model and final
      * updates made.
      *
      * @return True if the component has been updated, false if not.
      */
     boolean isFinal();
 
     /**
      * Receive notification that a lifecycle phase, and all successor phases, have been completed on
      * this component.
      * @param phase The completed view lifecycle phase
      */
     void notifyCompleted(ViewLifecyclePhase phase);
 
     /**
      * Context map for the lifecycle element.
      *
      * <p>Any el statements configured for the components properties (e.g. title="@{foo.property}") are evaluated
      * using the el context map. This map will get populated with default objects like the model, view, and request
      * from the {@code ViewHelperService}. Other components can push further objects into the context so that
      * they are available for use with that component. For example, field instances that are part of a collection
      * line as receive the current line instance</p>
      *
      * <p>Context map also provides objects to methods that are invoked for {@code GeneratedField} instances</p>
      *
      * <p>The Map key gives the name of the variable that can be used within expressions, and the Map value gives
      * the object instance for which expressions containing the variable should evaluate against</p>
      *
      * <p>NOTE: Calling getContext().putAll() will skip updating any configured property replacers for the
      * component. Instead you should call #pushAllToContextDeep</p>
      *
      * @return Map<String, Object> context
      */
     Map<String, Object> getContext();
 
     /**
      * @see LifecycleElement#getContext()
      */
     void setContext(Map<String, Object> context);
 
     /**
      * Places the given object into the context Map for the component with the given name
      * 
      * <p>
      * Note this also will push context to property replacers configured on the component. To place
      * multiple objects in the context, you should use #pushAllToContextDeep since that will call this
      * method for each and update property replacers. Using {@link Component#getContext()}{@link
      * Map#putAll(Map) .putAll()} will bypass property replacers.
      * </p>
      * 
      * @param objectName - name the object should be exposed under in the context map
      * @param object - object instance to place into context
      */
     void pushObjectToContext(String objectName, Object object);
 
     /**
      * Places each entry of the given Map into the context for the component
      *
      * <p>
      * Note this will call #pushObjectToContextDeep for each entry which will update any configured property
      * replacers as well. This should be used in place of getContext().putAll()
      * </p>
      *
      * @param objects - Map<String, Object> objects to add to context, where the entry key will be the context key
      * and the entry value will be the context value
      */
     void pushAllToContext(Map<String, Object> objects);
 
     /**
      * Initializes the component
      *
      * <p>
      * Where components can set defaults and setup other necessary state. The initialize method
      * should only be called once per component lifecycle and is invoked within the initialize phase
      * of the view lifecylce.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param model - object instance containing the view data
      * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.lifecycle.initialize.ComponentDefaultInitializeTask
      * @deprecated Special processing within this method should be replaced by
      *             {@link ViewLifecycleTask} and initialized by
      *             {@link #initializePendingTasks(ViewLifecyclePhase, Queue)}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     void performInitialization(Object model);
 
     /**
      * Called after the initialize phase to perform conditional logic based on the model data
      *
      * <p>
      * Where components can perform conditional logic such as dynamically generating new fields or setting field state
      * based on the given data
      * </p>
      *
      * @param model - Top level object containing the data (could be the form or a
      * top level business object, dto)
      * @param parent parent lifecycle element
      * @deprecated Special processing within this method should be replaced by
      *             {@link ViewLifecycleTask} and initialized by
      *             {@link #initializePendingTasks(ViewLifecyclePhase, Queue)}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     void performApplyModel(Object model, LifecycleElement parent);
 
     /**
      * The last phase before the view is rendered
      *
      * <p>
      * Here final preparations can be made based on the updated view state.
      * </p>
      *
      * @param model - top level object containing the data
      * @param parent - parent component
      * @deprecated Special processing within this method should be replaced by
      *             {@link ViewLifecycleTask} and initialized by
      *             {@link #initializePendingTasks(ViewLifecyclePhase, Queue)}.
      */
     @Deprecated
     void performFinalize(Object model, LifecycleElement parent);
 
     /**
      * Return true if the lifecycle should be skipped for this component.
      *
      * <p>Skipping the lifecycle means do not invoke the performInitialize, performApplyModel, and
      * performFinalize methods of this component and its children.  This means that content built
      * by those lifecycle tasks will not be processed or applied.
      * Skipping the lifecycle on a component helps initial load/setup performance by only performing
      * the full lifecycle when the component is requested on subsequent requests (ajax retrievals).</p>
      *
      * @return true if lifecycle should be skipped for this component
      */
     boolean skipLifecycle();
 
 }