org.apache.tapestry.spec
Class BindingType

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.commons.lang.enum.Enum
      org.apache.tapestry.spec.BindingType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable

public final class BindingType
extends org.apache.commons.lang.enum.Enum

Defines the different types of bindings possible for a component. These are used in the IBindingSpecification and ultimately used to create an instance of IBinding.

Version:

$Id: BindingType.java 243791 2004-02-19 17:38:13Z hlship $

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static BindingType	DYNAMIC Indicates a standard ExpressionBinding.
static BindingType	FIELD Indicates a FieldBinding.
static BindingType	INHERITED Indicates that an existing binding (from the container) will be re-used.
static BindingType	LISTENER Indicates a ListenerBinding, a specialized kind of binding that encapsulates a component listener as a script.
static BindingType	STATIC Indicates a StaticBinding.
static BindingType	STRING A binding to one of a component's localized strings.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.lang.enum.Enum

compareTo, equals, getEnum, getEnumList, getEnumMap, getName, hashCode, iterator, readResolve, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

STATIC

public static final BindingType STATIC

Indicates a StaticBinding.

DYNAMIC

public static final BindingType DYNAMIC

Indicates a standard ExpressionBinding.

INHERITED

public static final BindingType INHERITED

Indicates that an existing binding (from the container) will be re-used.

FIELD

public static final BindingType FIELD

Indicates a FieldBinding.

Field bindings are only available in the 1.3 DTD. The 1.4 DTD does not support them (since OGNL expressions can do the same thing).

LISTENER

public static final BindingType LISTENER

Indicates a ListenerBinding, a specialized kind of binding that encapsulates a component listener as a script. Uses a subclass of BindingSpecification, ListenerBindingSpecification. IListenerBindingSpecification.

Since:

3.0

STRING

public static final BindingType STRING

A binding to one of a component's localized strings.

Since:

2.0.4

See Also:

IComponent.getString(String)