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package org.apache.tapestry.form;

import org.apache.tapestry.IForm;
import org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter;
import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;

/**
 *  Implements a component that manages an HTML &lt;input type=button&gt; form element.
 *
 *  [<a href="../../../../../ComponentReference/Button.html">Component Reference</a>]
 *  
 *  <p>This component is useful for attaching JavaScript onclick event handlers.
 *
 *  @author Howard Lewis Ship
 *  @author Paul Geerts
 *  @author Malcolm Edgar
 *  @version $Id$
 **/

public abstract class Button extends AbstractFormComponent
{
    protected void renderComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
    {
        IForm form = getForm(cycle);

        boolean rewinding = form.isRewinding();

        String name = form.getElementId(this);

        if (rewinding)
        {
            return;
        }

        writer.beginEmpty("input");
        writer.attribute("type", "button");
        writer.attribute("name", name);

        if (isDisabled())
        {
            writer.attribute("disabled", "disabled");
        }

        String label = getLabel();

        if (label != null)
        {
            writer.attribute("value", label);
        }

        renderInformalParameters(writer, cycle);

        writer.closeTag();
    }

    public abstract String getLabel();

    public abstract boolean isDisabled();
}