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    014
    015package org.apache.tapestry5.services;
    016
    017import org.apache.tapestry5.EventConstants;
    018import org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.Component;
    019
    020/**
    021 * Used by classes that need to retrieve a component by its complete id, or a page by its logical page name or root
    022 * component class. The complete id is the logical name of the containing page, a colon, and the nested component id. It
    023 * may also just be the page name (for the root component of a page).
    024 */
    025public interface ComponentSource
    026{
    027    /**
    028     * Gets a component by its {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResourcesCommon#getCompleteId() complete id}.
    029     * If the component id is for a mixin, then the mixin attached to the component will be returned. A mixin's complete
    030     * id is its container's complete id, suffixed with "$" and the mixin's id (its simple class name).
    031     *
    032     * @param completeId
    033     *            complete component id (case insensitive)
    034     * @return the component
    035     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
    036     *             if the component can not be found
    037     * @see org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResourcesCommon#getCompleteId()
    038     */
    039    Component getComponent(String completeId);
    040
    041    /**
    042     * Returns the page identified by its logical page name. A logical page name is the short form of a page name often
    043     * emebedded into URLs.
    044     *
    045     * @param pageName
    046     *            the logical page name
    047     * @return the corresponding page's root component
    048     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
    049     *             if the page can not be found
    050     */
    051    Component getPage(String pageName);
    052
    053    /**
    054     * A convienience for obtaining a page instance via a class instance. This is provided so as to be refactoring
    055     * safe. The pageClass is simply converted to a class name and this is used to locate a page instance.
    056     *
    057     * @param pageClass
    058     *            used to locate the page instance
    059     * @return the page instance
    060     */
    061    Component getPage(Class pageClass);
    062
    063    /**
    064     * Returns the <em>active page</em>, as defined by {@link RequestGlobals#getActivePageName()}. This is the primary
    065     * page for handling the current request, the page which will be {@linkplain EventConstants#ACTIVATE activated} for
    066     * the request.
    067     * The identity of the active page is not known until the correct {@link Dispatcher} determines this.
    068     *
    069     * @return the active page, or null if no active page is yet identified
    070     * @since 5.2.0
    071     */
    072    Component getActivePage();
    073}