org.apache.tapestry.components
Class Conditional

java.lang.Object
  extended byorg.apache.tapestry.spec.BaseLocatable
      extended byorg.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent
          extended byorg.apache.tapestry.components.Conditional
All Implemented Interfaces:
IComponent, ILocatable, ILocationHolder, IRender
Direct Known Subclasses:
Choose, When

public abstract class Conditional
extends AbstractComponent

A conditional element on a page which will render its wrapped elements zero or one times. [Component Reference]

Version:
$Id: Conditional.java,v 1.8 2004/02/19 17:38:05 hlship Exp $
Author:
Howard Lewis Ship, David Solis

Constructor Summary
Conditional()
           
 
Method Summary
protected  boolean evaluateCondition()
           
abstract  boolean getCondition()
           
abstract  String getElement()
           
abstract  boolean getInvert()
           
protected  void renderComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
          Renders its wrapped components only if the condition is true (technically, if condition matches invert).
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.AbstractComponent
addAsset, addBody, addComponent, cleanupAfterRender, finishLoad, finishLoad, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, fireObservedChange, format, format, format, format, formatString, formatString, formatString, formatString, generateAttributes, getAsset, getAssets, getBeans, getBinding, getBindingNames, getBindings, getBody, getBodyCount, getChangeObserver, getComponent, getComponents, getContainer, getExtendedId, getId, getIdPath, getListeners, getMessage, getMessages, getNamespace, getPage, getProperty, getSpecification, getString, pageEndRender, prepareForRender, render, renderBody, renderInformalParameters, setBinding, setContainer, setId, setNamespace, setPage, setProperty, setSpecification, toString
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.tapestry.spec.BaseLocatable
getLocation, setLocation
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry.ILocationHolder
setLocation
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry.ILocatable
getLocation
 

Constructor Detail

Conditional

public Conditional()
Method Detail

renderComponent

protected void renderComponent(IMarkupWriter writer,
                               IRequestCycle cycle)
Renders its wrapped components only if the condition is true (technically, if condition matches invert). Additionally, if element is specified, can emulate that HTML element if condition is met

Specified by:
renderComponent in class AbstractComponent

evaluateCondition

protected boolean evaluateCondition()

getCondition

public abstract boolean getCondition()

getInvert

public abstract boolean getInvert()

getElement

public abstract String getElement()