maint-5-2/tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/corelib/mixins/NotEmpty.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.mixins;

import org.apache.tapestry5.MarkupWriter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.MixinAfter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.dom.Element;

/**
 * A mixin that attaches to an element that renders an element.  At the end of the render, if the element is empty, then
 * a non-breaking space ( ) is injected into the element. This is often necessary for proper rendering on the
 * client.
 * <p/>
 * Often used in conjunction with the {@link org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.Any} component.
 *
 * @since 5.1.0.0
 */
@MixinAfter
public class NotEmpty
{
    private Element element;

    void beginRender(MarkupWriter writer)
    {
        element = writer.getElement();
    }

    void afterRender()
    {
        if (element.isEmpty())
        {
            element.removeChildren();
            element.raw("&nbsp;");
        }
    }
}