tapestry/tapestry-contrib/src/java/org/apache/tapestry/contrib/form/checkboxes/ControlCheckbox.java

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package org.apache.tapestry.contrib.form.checkboxes;

import org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException;
import org.apache.tapestry.BaseComponent;
import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;

/**
 * @author mb
 * @since 4.0
*/
public abstract class ControlCheckbox extends BaseComponent
{
    public abstract CheckboxGroup getGroup();
    
    public CheckboxGroup getCheckboxGroup()
    {
        CheckboxGroup group = getGroup();
        if (group == null) {
            IRequestCycle cycle = getPage().getRequestCycle();
            group = (CheckboxGroup) cycle.getAttribute(CheckboxGroup.CHECKBOX_GROUP_ATTRIBUTE);
        }
        if (group == null)
            throw new ApplicationRuntimeException("The component " + getExtendedId() + " must be wrapped by a CheckboxGroup or the 'group' parameter must be set.");

        return group;
    }

}