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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components;
016
017 import org.apache.tapestry5.BindingConstants;
018 import org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources;
019 import org.apache.tapestry5.Link;
020 import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Parameter;
021 import org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base.AbstractComponentEventLink;
022 import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Inject;
023
024 /**
025 * A close relative of {@link org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.ActionLink} except in two ways.
026 * <p/>
027 * First, the event that it triggers is explicitly controlled, rather than always "action".
028 * <p/>
029 * Second, the event is triggered in its container.
030 * <p/>
031 * This allows slightly shorter URLs but also allows multiple components within the same container to generate identical
032 * URLs for common actions.
033 * @tapestrydoc
034 */
035 public class EventLink extends AbstractComponentEventLink
036 {
037 /**
038 * The name of the event to be triggered in the parent component. Defaults to the id of the component. An {@link
039 * org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.ActionLink} triggers an "action" event on itself, and EventLink component
040 * triggers any arbitrary event on <em>its container</em>.
041 */
042 @Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.LITERAL)
043 private String event;
044
045 @Inject
046 private ComponentResources resources;
047
048 String defaultEvent()
049 {
050 return resources.getId();
051 }
052
053 @Override
054 protected Link createLink(Object[] eventContext)
055 {
056 ComponentResources containerResources = resources.getContainerResources();
057
058 return containerResources.createEventLink(event, eventContext);
059 }
060 }