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package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services;

import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.structure.Page;
import org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.PageLifecycleListener;

/**
 * Per-thread service that caches page instances for the duration of the request, and is also responsible for tracking
 * the active page (the page which will ultimately render the response).
 * <p/>
 * Since {@link org.apache.tapestry5.internal.structure.Page} is internal, most user-code should use the
 * {@link org.apache.tapestry5.services.ComponentSource} service instead.
 * <p>
 * Starting in 5.2, page instances are shared (with externalized mutable state), not pooled, but the cache is still
 * useful for managing the page's {@linkplain PageLifecycleListener lifecycle}.
 */
public interface RequestPageCache
{
    /**
     * Gets the page via its page name, in the current locale. The logical page name is resolved to a class name, which
     * is used to obtain the page (from the page pool). Note that under certain circumstances, a page may have multiple
     * names (even beyond simple case-insensitivity), and RequestPageCache caches correctly.
     * 
     * @param pageName
     *            the name of the page to retrieve (this is the logical page name, not the fully qualified class
     *            name)
     * @return a page instance reserved for this request
     * @throws IllegalArgumentException
     *             if the name can not be resolved to a page instance
     */
    Page get(String pageName);
}
