tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/internal/bindings/RenderVariableBinding.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.bindings;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Location;

public class RenderVariableBinding extends AbstractBinding
{
    private final String description;
    private final ComponentResources resources;
    private final String name;

    public RenderVariableBinding(String description, ComponentResources resources, String name, Location location)
    {
        super(location);

        this.description = description;
        this.resources = resources;
        this.name = name;
    }

    @Override
    public void set(Object value)
    {
        resources.storeRenderVariable(name, value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns false, render variables are always variable.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isInvariant()
    {
        return false;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString()
    {
        return String.format("RenderVariable[%s %s]", description, name);
    }


    public Object get()
    {
        return resources.getRenderVariable(name);
    }

    /**
     * Always returns Object since we don't (statically) know the type of object.
     */
    @Override
    public Class getBindingType()
    {
        return Object.class;
    }
}