org.apache.tapestry.binding
Class MetaBinding

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.hivemind.Locatable, IBinding

public class MetaBinding
extends AbstractBinding

Simple implementation that allows injection / lookup of meta properties.

Field Summary

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

_description

Constructor Summary

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

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.
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

MetaBinding

public MetaBinding(String description,
                   ValueConverter valueConverter,
                   org.apache.hivemind.Location location,
                   IComponent component,
                   ComponentPropertySource propertySource,
                   String key)

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.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractBinding