tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/corelib/base/AbstractComponentEventLink.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base;

import org.apache.tapestry5.BindingConstants;
import org.apache.tapestry5.Link;
import org.apache.tapestry5.MarkupWriter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Environmental;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Parameter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.services.ClientBehaviorSupport;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Base class for link-generating components that are based on a component event request. Such events have an event
 * context and may also update a {@link org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.Zone}.
 */
public abstract class AbstractComponentEventLink extends AbstractLink
{
    /**
     * The context for the link (optional parameter). This list of values will be converted into strings and included in
     * the URI. The strings will be coerced back to whatever their values are and made available to event handler
     * methods.
     */
    @Parameter
    private List<?> context;

    /**
     * Binding the zone parameter turns the link into a an Ajax control that causes the related zone to be updated.
     */
    @Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.LITERAL)
    private String zone;

    @Environmental
    private ClientBehaviorSupport clientBehaviorSupport;

    void beginRender(MarkupWriter writer)
    {
        if (isDisabled()) return;

        Object[] contextArray = context == null ? new Object[0] : context.toArray();

        Link link = createLink(contextArray);

        writeLink(writer, link);

        if (zone != null) clientBehaviorSupport.linkZone(getClientId(), zone);
    }

    /**
     * Invoked to create the Link that will become the href attribute of the output.
     */
    protected abstract Link createLink(Object[] eventContext);

    void afterRender(MarkupWriter writer)
    {
        if (isDisabled()) return;

        writer.end(); // <a>
    }

}