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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.form;
016
017 import org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter;
018 import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;
019
020 /**
021 * Implements a component that manages an HTML <input type=submit> form element. [ <a
022 * href="../../../../../ComponentReference/Submit.html">Component Reference </a>]
023 * <p>
024 * This component is generally only used when the form has multiple submit buttons, and it is
025 * important for the application to know which one was pressed. You may also want to use
026 * {@link ImageSubmit}which accomplishes much the same thing, but uses a graphic image instead.
027 *
028 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
029 */
030
031 public abstract class Submit extends AbstractSubmit
032 {
033 protected boolean isClicked(IRequestCycle cycle, String name)
034 {
035 // How to know which Submit button was actually
036 // clicked? When submitted, it produces a request parameter
037 // with its name and value (the value serves double duty as both
038 // the label on the button, and the parameter value).
039
040 // If the value isn't there, then this button wasn't
041 // selected.
042
043 return cycle.getParameter(name) != null;
044 }
045
046 /**
047 * @see org.apache.tapestry.form.AbstractFormComponent#renderFormComponent(org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter,
048 * org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle)
049 */
050 protected void renderFormComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
051 {
052 writer.beginEmpty("input");
053 writer.attribute("type", "submit");
054 writer.attribute("name", getName());
055
056 if (isDisabled())
057 writer.attribute("disabled", "disabled");
058
059 String label = getLabel();
060
061 if (label != null)
062 writer.attribute("value", label);
063
064 renderIdAttribute(writer, cycle);
065
066 renderInformalParameters(writer, cycle);
067
068 renderSubmitBindings(writer, cycle);
069
070 writer.closeTag();
071 }
072
073 /** parameter. */
074 public abstract String getLabel();
075
076 }