ApplicationFactory

java.lang.Object
- javax.faces.application.ApplicationFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>
```
public abstract class ApplicationFactory
extends java.lang.Object
implements FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>
```
ApplicationFactory is a factory object that creates (if needed) and returns Application instances. Implementations of JavaServer Faces must provide at least a default implementation of Application.

There must be one ApplicationFactory instance per web application that is utilizing JavaServer Faces. This instance can be acquired, in a portable manner, by calling:
```
   ApplicationFactory factory = (ApplicationFactory)
    FactoryFinder.getFactory(FactoryFinder.APPLICATION_FACTORY);
 
```

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ApplicationFactory()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Application`	`getApplication()`	Create (if needed) and return an `Application` instance for this web application.
`ApplicationFactory`	`getWrapped()`	If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped.
`abstract void`	`setApplication(Application application)`	Replace the `Application` instance that will be returned for this web application.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ApplicationFactory
```
public ApplicationFactory()
```
- Method Detail
  - getWrapped
```
public ApplicationFactory getWrapped()
```
    If this factory has been decorated, the implementation doing the decorating may override this method to provide access to the implementation being wrapped. A default implementation is provided that returns null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getWrapped in interface FacesWrapper<ApplicationFactory>
    
    Since:
    
    2.0
  - getApplication
```
public abstract Application getApplication()
```
    Create (if needed) and return an Application instance for this web application.
  - setApplication
```
public abstract void setApplication(Application application)
```
    Replace the Application instance that will be returned for this web application.
    
    Parameters:
    
    application - The replacement Application instance
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.NullPointerException - if application is null.