org.apache.tapestry.binding
Class ComponentBinding

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tapestry.binding.AbstractBinding
      org.apache.tapestry.binding.ComponentBinding

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.hivemind.Locatable, IBinding

public class ComponentBinding
extends AbstractBinding

A binding where the path is the id of a child component.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard M. Lewis Ship

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.binding.AbstractBinding

_description

Constructor Summary

ComponentBinding(String description, ValueConverter valueConverter, org.apache.hivemind.Location location, IComponent component, String componentId)

Method Summary

Object	getComponent() Returns the component to which this binding is connected; this is currently only used when building certain exceptions.
Object	getObject() Returns the value of this binding.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.binding.AbstractBinding

createReadOnlyBindingException, extendDescription, getDescription, getLocation, getObject, getValueConverter, isInvariant, setObject, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ComponentBinding

public ComponentBinding(String description,
                        ValueConverter valueConverter,
                        org.apache.hivemind.Location location,
                        IComponent component,
                        String componentId)

Method Detail

getObject

public Object getObject()

Description copied from interface: IBinding

Returns the value of this binding. This is the essential method.

getComponent

public Object getComponent()

Description copied from class: AbstractBinding

Returns the component to which this binding is connected; this is currently only used when building certain exceptions. This implementation returns null.

Overrides:

getComponent in class AbstractBinding

Returns:

The IComponent object this binding is set against.