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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.IEngineService;
020 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.ILink;
021
022 /**
023 * A component for creating a navigation link to another page, using the page
024 * service. [ <a
025 * href="../../../../../ComponentReference/PageLink.html">Component Reference
026 * </a>]
027 *
028 * @author Howard Ship
029 */
030
031 public abstract class PageLink extends AbstractLinkComponent
032 {
033
034 public abstract IEngineService getPageService();
035
036 public ILink getLink(IRequestCycle cycle)
037 {
038 String parameter = null;
039 INamespace namespace = getTargetNamespace();
040 String targetPage = getTargetPage();
041
042 if (namespace == null)
043 parameter = targetPage;
044 else parameter = namespace.constructQualifiedName(targetPage);
045
046 return getPageService().getLink(false, parameter);
047 }
048
049 public abstract String getTargetPage();
050
051 /** @since 2.2 * */
052
053 public abstract INamespace getTargetNamespace();
054 }