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## javax.faces.view.facelets
Class MetaTagHandler

    java.lang.Object
      javax.faces.view.facelets.TagHandler
          javax.faces.view.facelets.MetaTagHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:
  FaceletHandler

Direct Known Subclasses:
  DelegatingMetaTagHandler

    public abstract class MetaTagHandler

extends TagHandler

Every kind of markup element in Facelets VDL that has attributes that need to take action on a JSF Java API artifact is associated with an instance of this class. This class is an abstraction to enable a rule based method for directing how different kinds of elements take different kinds of actions in the JSF Java API. For example, consider this markup:

`

    <h:inputText value="#{user.userid}"
                    valueChangeListener="#{user.newUserId}" />

`

This markup element corresponds to an instance of `HtmlInputText` in the view. `HtmlImputText` has a number of attributes that are to be exposed to the page author. `HtmlInputText` also implements `EditableValueHolder`, which extends `ValueHolder`. Each of these interfaces also expose a number of attributes to the page author.

Facelets employes the strategy pattern to allow the manner in which all possible attributes are handled based on the nature of the JSF Java API artifact associated with the markup element.

Subclasses override the `createMetaRuleset(java.lang.Class)` method to return a `MetaRuleset` instance encapsulating all the strategies for all the attributes that make sense for this particular markup element. The runtime calls the `setAttributes(FaceletContext, Object)` method to cause those rules to be executed and applied.

Since:
  2.0

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.faces.view.facelets.TagHandler
`nextHandler, tag, tagId`

Constructor Summary
`MetaTagHandler(TagConfig config)`

Method Summary
`protected abstract MetaRuleset` | `createMetaRuleset(Class type)` Extend this method in order to add your own rules.
`protected void` | `setAttributes(FaceletContext ctx, Object instance)` Invoking/extending this method will cause the results of the created MetaRuleset to auto-wire state to the passed instance.

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.view.facelets.TagHandler
`getAttribute, getRequiredAttribute, toString`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Methods inherited from interface javax.faces.view.facelets.FaceletHandler
`apply`

Constructor Detail

### MetaTagHandler

    public MetaTagHandler(TagConfig config)

Method Detail

### createMetaRuleset

    protected abstract MetaRuleset createMetaRuleset(Class type)

  Extend this method in order to add your own rules.

  Parameters:
    `type` -

### setAttributes

    protected void setAttributes(FaceletContext ctx,
                                 Object instance)

  Invoking/extending this method will cause the results of the created MetaRuleset to auto-wire state to the passed instance.

  Parameters:
    `ctx` -
    `instance` -

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