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package org.apache.wicket;

import org.apache.wicket.request.component.IRequestablePage;
import org.apache.wicket.request.mapper.parameter.PageParameters;


/**
 * A factory class that creates Pages. A Page can be created by Class, with or without a
 * PageParameters argument to pass to the Page's constructor.
 * <p>
 * IMPORTANT NOTE: Implementations must let subclasses of
 * {@link org.apache.wicket.request.flow.ResetResponseException} thrown from the constructing page's
 * constructor bubble up.
 * 
 * @see org.apache.wicket.settings.ISessionSettings#setPageFactory(IPageFactory)
 * @see Session#getPageFactory()
 * 
 * @author Juergen Donnerstag
 * @author Jonathan Locke
 */
public interface IPageFactory
{
	/**
	 * Creates a new page using a page class.
	 * 
	 * @param <C>
	 * 
	 * @param pageClass
	 *            The page class to instantiate
	 * @return The page
	 * @throws WicketRuntimeException
	 *             Thrown if the page cannot be constructed
	 */
	<C extends IRequestablePage> IRequestablePage newPage(final Class<C> pageClass);

	/**
	 * Creates a new Page, passing PageParameters to the Page constructor if such a constructor
	 * exists. If no such constructor exists and the parameters argument is null or empty, then any
	 * available default constructor will be used.
	 * 
	 * @param <C>
	 * 
	 * @param pageClass
	 *            The class of Page to create
	 * @param parameters
	 *            Any parameters to pass to the Page's constructor
	 * @return The new page
	 * @throws WicketRuntimeException
	 *             Thrown if the page cannot be constructed
	 */
	<C extends IRequestablePage> IRequestablePage newPage(final Class<C> pageClass,
		final PageParameters parameters);

	/**
	 * Checks whether a page can be instantiated using a bookmarkable URL.
	 * 
	 * @param C
	 *            the type of the page class
	 * @param pageClass
	 *            The class of page to check for bookmarkability
	 * 
	 * @return {@code true} if the page can be instantiated by this {@link IPageFactory}
	 */
	<C extends IRequestablePage> boolean isBookmarkable(final Class<C> pageClass);
}
