org.apache.tapestry.link
Class ExternalLink

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.hivemind.impl.BaseLocatable
      org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent
          org.apache.tapestry.link.AbstractLinkComponent
              org.apache.tapestry.link.ExternalLink

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.hivemind.Locatable, org.apache.hivemind.LocationHolder, ILinkComponent, IComponent, IDirectEvent, Component, IRender

public abstract class ExternalLink
extends AbstractLinkComponent

A component for creating a link to IExternalPageusing the ExternalService. [ Component Reference ]

Author:

Malcolm Edgar

See Also:

IExternalPage, ExternalService

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent

_body, _bodyCount

Constructor Summary

ExternalLink()

Method Summary

abstract IEngineService	getExternalService()
ILink	getLink(IRequestCycle cycle) Invoked by the ILinkRenderer (if the link is not disabled) to provide a EngineServiceLink that the renderer can convert into a URL.
abstract Object	getParameters()
abstract INamespace	getTargetNamespace()
abstract String	getTargetPage()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.link.AbstractLinkComponent

addEventHandler, cleanupAfterRender, finishLoad, getAnchor, getRenderer, isDisabled, renderAdditionalAttributes, renderComponent, setRenderer, writeEventHandler, writeEventHandlers

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent

addAsset, addBody, addComponent, checkActiveLock, enterActiveState, equals, finishLoad, generateClientId, getAsset, getAssets, getBeans, getBinding, getBindingNames, getBindings, getBody, getBodyCount, getBoundId, getClientId, getComponent, getComponents, getContainedComponent, getContainedRenderers, getContainer, getEventInvoker, getExtendedId, getId, getIdPath, getInnerRenderers, getListeners, getMessages, getNamespace, getPage, getRenderWorker, getSpecification, getSpecifiedId, getTemplateTagName, hasEvents, hashCode, isInActiveState, isParameterBound, isRendering, isStateful, pageEndRender, peekClientId, prepareForRender, render, renderBody, renderIdAttribute, renderInformalParameters, setBinding, setClientId, setContainedComponent, setContainer, setHasEvents, setId, setNamespace, setPage, setTemplateTagName, toString, triggerEvent

Methods inherited from class org.apache.hivemind.impl.BaseLocatable

getLocation, setLocation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry.components.ILinkComponent

getPort, getScheme, getTarget

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry.IComponent

addAsset, addBody, addComponent, enterActiveState, finishLoad, getAsset, getAssets, getBeans, getBinding, getBindingNames, getBindings, getClientId, getComponent, getComponents, getContainedComponent, getContainer, getEventInvoker, getExtendedId, getId, getIdPath, getListeners, getMessages, getNamespace, getPage, getSpecification, getSpecifiedId, getTemplateTagName, isRendering, peekClientId, renderBody, setBinding, setClientId, setContainedComponent, setContainer, setId, setNamespace, setPage, setTemplateTagName

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry.IRender

render

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hivemind.LocationHolder

setLocation

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.hivemind.Locatable

getLocation

Constructor Detail

ExternalLink

public ExternalLink()

Method Detail

getExternalService

public abstract IEngineService getExternalService()

getLink

public ILink getLink(IRequestCycle cycle)

Description copied from interface: ILinkComponent

Invoked by the ILinkRenderer (if the link is not disabled) to provide a EngineServiceLink that the renderer can convert into a URL.

Specified by:

getLink in interface ILinkComponent

Overrides:

getLink in class AbstractLinkComponent

Parameters:

cycle - The current request.

Returns:

A ILink instance representing the link information for this component.

getParameters

public abstract Object getParameters()

getTargetPage

public abstract String getTargetPage()

getTargetNamespace

public abstract INamespace getTargetNamespace()