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package org.apache.tapestry.internal.services;

import org.apache.tapestry.Binding;
import org.apache.tapestry.internal.bindings.AbstractBinding;
import org.apache.tapestry.ioc.Location;

/**
 * Wraps a {@link StringProvider} as a read-only {@link Binding}.
 */
public class AttributeExpansionBinding extends AbstractBinding
{
    private final StringProvider provider;

    public AttributeExpansionBinding(StringProvider provider, Location location)
    {
        super(location);

        this.provider = provider;
    }

    public Object get()
    {
        return provider.provideString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns false. Expansions reference properties that may change arbitrarily.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isInvariant()
    {
        return false;
    }

}