sContext.html" title="class in jakarta.faces.context"><code>FacesContext</code></a>, from the same thread that called this method, will return the same <a href="../../../jakarta/faces/context/FacesContext.html" title="class in jakarta.faces.context"><code>FacesContext</code></a>
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