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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.link;
016
017 import org.apache.tapestry.INamespace;
018 import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;
019 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.ExternalServiceParameter;
020 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.IEngineService;
021 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.ILink;
022
023 /**
024 * A component for creating a link to {@link org.apache.tapestry.IExternalPage}using
025 * the {@link org.apache.tapestry.engine.ExternalService}. [ <a
026 * href="../../../../../ComponentReference/ExternalLink.html">Component
027 * Reference </a>]
028 *
029 * @see org.apache.tapestry.IExternalPage
030 * @see org.apache.tapestry.engine.ExternalService
031 * @author Malcolm Edgar
032 */
033
034 public abstract class ExternalLink extends AbstractLinkComponent
035 {
036 public abstract IEngineService getExternalService();
037
038 public ILink getLink(IRequestCycle cycle)
039 {
040 Object[] serviceParameters = DirectLink.constructServiceParameters(getParameters());
041
042 INamespace namespace = getTargetNamespace();
043
044 String targetPage = (namespace==null) ? getTargetPage() : namespace.constructQualifiedName(getTargetPage());
045
046 ExternalServiceParameter esp = new ExternalServiceParameter(targetPage, serviceParameters);
047
048 return getExternalService().getLink(false, esp);
049 }
050
051 public abstract Object getParameters();
052
053 public abstract String getTargetPage();
054
055 public abstract INamespace getTargetNamespace();
056 }