Package org.apache.tapestry5.internal.structure

Interface ComponentPageElement

All Superinterfaces:

BodyPageElement, ComponentResourcesCommon, InternalComponentResourcesCommon, Locatable, RenderCommand

All Known Implementing Classes:

ComponentPageElementImpl

public interface ComponentPageElement
extends ComponentResourcesCommon, InternalComponentResourcesCommon, RenderCommand, BodyPageElement

Defines an element of a Page that is a full Component, including the possibility of its own template and mixins. This is distinct from other renderable elements of the page, which represent fixed or dynamic text, or markup element that may have dynamic attribute values.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addBlock(String blockId, Block block)	Used during the contruction of a page to add a non-anonymous Block to the component.
void	addMixin(String mixinId, Instantiator instantiator, String... order)	Adds a mixin.
void	addToTemplate(RenderCommand element)	Used during the construction of a page.
void	bindMixinParameter(String mixinId, String parameterName, Binding binding)
boolean	dispatchEvent(ComponentEvent event)	Asks each mixin and component to Component.dispatchComponentEvent(ComponentEvent), returning true if any handler was found.
void	enqueueBeforeRenderBody(RenderQueue queue)	Invoked when the component should render its body.
Component	getComponent()	Returns the core component associated with this page element (as opposed to any mixins attached to the component).
InternalComponentResources	getComponentResources()	Returns the resources associated with the core component.
ComponentPageElement	getContainerElement()	Containing component (or null for the root component of a page).
Page	getContainingPage()	Returns the page which contains this component.
ComponentPageElement	getEmbeddedElement(String id)	Retrieves a component page element by its id.
org.slf4j.Logger	getEventLogger()	Returns a logger used to for logging event dispatch and event method invocation.
ComponentResources	getMixinResources(String mixinId)	Returns the ComponentResources for a mixin attached to this component element.
ComponentPageElement	newChild(String id, String nestedId, String completeId, String elementName, Instantiator instantiator, Location location)	Creates a new child component of the invoked component.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry5.internal.structure.BodyPageElement

addToBody

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResourcesCommon

createEventLink, createFormEventLink, findBlock, getBlock, getBody, getCompleteId, getElementName, getId, getLocale, getLogger, getNestedId, getPageName, getResourceSelector, hasBody, isRendering, triggerContextEvent, triggerEvent

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry5.internal.InternalComponentResourcesCommon

bindParameter, getBinding, getInformalParameterBindings, getMixinByClassName, isLoaded

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry5.commons.Locatable

getLocation

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry5.runtime.RenderCommand

render

Method Detail

getComponent

Component getComponent()

Returns the core component associated with this page element (as opposed to any mixins attached to the component).

getComponentResources

InternalComponentResources getComponentResources()

Returns the resources associated with the core component.

getContainingPage

Page getContainingPage()

Returns the page which contains this component.

getContainerElement

ComponentPageElement getContainerElement()

Containing component (or null for the root component of a page).

addToTemplate

void addToTemplate(RenderCommand element)

Used during the construction of a page. Adds a page element as part of the template for this page element. A page element will eventually render by sequentially rendering these elements. A page elements template is really just the outermost portions of the component's template ... where a template contains elements that are all components, those components will receive portions of the template as their body.

addBlock

void addBlock(String blockId,
              Block block)

Used during the contruction of a page to add a non-anonymous Block to the component.

See Also:

ComponentResourcesCommon.getBlock(String)

addMixin

void addMixin(String mixinId,
              Instantiator instantiator,
              String... order)

Adds a mixin.

Parameters:

mixinId - a unique id for the mixin, the last term of the mixin's class name

instantiator - used to instantiate an instance of the mixin

order - Ordering strings used to determine the order of mixin execution.

bindMixinParameter

void bindMixinParameter(String mixinId,
                        String parameterName,
                        Binding binding)

Parameters:

mixinId - id of previously added mixin

parameterName - simple (unqualified) name of parameter

binding - binding for parameter

Since:

5.1.0.0

getEmbeddedElement

ComponentPageElement getEmbeddedElement(String id)

Retrieves a component page element by its id. The search is caseless.

Parameters:

id - used to locate the element

Returns:

the page element

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if no component exists with the given id

getMixinResources

ComponentResources getMixinResources(String mixinId)

Returns the ComponentResources for a mixin attached to this component element. Mixin ids are the simple names of the mixin class.

Parameters:

mixinId - the mixin id (case insensitive)

Returns:

the resources for the component

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if no mixin with the given id exists

enqueueBeforeRenderBody

void enqueueBeforeRenderBody(RenderQueue queue)

Invoked when the component should render its body.

dispatchEvent

boolean dispatchEvent(ComponentEvent event)

Asks each mixin and component to Component.dispatchComponentEvent(ComponentEvent), returning true if any handler was found.

Parameters:

event - to be handled

Returns:

true if a handler was found

newChild

ComponentPageElement newChild(String id,
                              String nestedId,
                              String completeId,
                              String elementName,
                              Instantiator instantiator,
                              Location location)

Creates a new child component of the invoked component. The new element will be added as an embedded element of its container.

Parameters:

id - simple id of the new component

nestedId -

completeId -

elementName - name of the component's element in its container's template

instantiator - used to create a component instance, and access the component's model

location - location of the element within its container's template @return the new component

getEventLogger

org.slf4j.Logger getEventLogger()

Returns a logger used to for logging event dispatch and event method invocation.