org.apache.tapestry.binding
Class MessageBinding

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.hivemind.Locatable, IBinding

public class MessageBinding
extends AbstractBinding

A binding that connects directly to a localized string for a component.

Note: Renamed from StringBinding to MessageBinding in release 4.0.

Since:

2.0.4

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

See Also:

IComponent.getMessages()

Field Summary

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

_description

Constructor Summary

protected

MessageBinding(String description, ValueConverter valueConverter, org.apache.hivemind.Location location, IComponent component, String key)

Method Summary

Object	getComponent() Returns the component to which this binding is connected; this is currently only used when building certain exceptions.
String	getKey()
Object	getObject() Accesses the specified localized string.
String	toString()

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessageBinding

protected MessageBinding(String description,
                         ValueConverter valueConverter,
                         org.apache.hivemind.Location location,
                         IComponent component,
                         String key)

Method Detail

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.

getKey

public String getKey()

getObject

public Object getObject()

Accesses the specified localized string. Never returns null.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractBinding