Clover coverage report - Code Coverage for tapestry release 4.0-beta-12
Coverage timestamp: Sun Oct 30 2005 16:22:01 EST
file stats: LOC: 52   Methods: 0
NCLOC: 8   Classes: 1
 
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 1    // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation
 2    //
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 14   
 15    package org.apache.tapestry.binding;
 16   
 17    import org.apache.hivemind.Location;
 18    import org.apache.tapestry.IBinding;
 19    import org.apache.tapestry.IComponent;
 20   
 21    /**
 22    * Used to convert a binding string (from a template or a specification) into an instance of
 23    * {@link IBinding}.
 24    *
 25    * @since 4.0
 26    */
 27    public interface BindingSource
 28    {
 29    /**
 30    * Creates a new binding. The locator is used to identify the <em>type</em> of binding to
 31    * create as well as configure the binding instance. The locator is either a literal value
 32    * (resulting in a {@link org.apache.tapestry.binding.LiteralBinding literal binding}) or
 33    * consists of prefix and a path, i.e., <code>ognl:myProperty</code>.
 34    * <p>
 35    * When a prefix exists and is identified, it is used to select the correct
 36    * {@link BindingFactory}, and the remainder of the path (i.e., <code>myProperty</code)
 37    * is passed to the factory. An unrecognized prefix is treated as a literal value
 38    * (it is often "javascript:" or "http:", etc.).
 39    *
 40    * @param component the component for which the binding is created; the component is used
 41    * as a kind of context for certain types of bindings (for example, the root object when
 42    * evaluating OGNL expressions).
 43    * @param description {@link IBinding#getDescription() description} for the new binding
 44    * @param reference the binding reference used to create the binding, possibly including a prefix to define the type.
 45    * If the reference does not include a prefix, then the defaultBindingType is used as the prefix
 46    * @param defaultbindingType binding type to use when no prefix is provided in the reference
 47    * or doesn't match a known binding factory.
 48    * @param location location used to report errors in the binding
 49    */
 50    public IBinding createBinding(IComponent component, String description, String reference,
 51    String defaultBindingType, Location location);
 52    }