001 // Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002 // 003 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005 // You may obtain a copy of the License at 006 // 007 // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008 // 009 // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010 // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011 // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013 // limitations under the License. 014 015 package org.apache.tapestry.link; 016 017 import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle; 018 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.ILink; 019 020 /** 021 * An implementation of {@link org.apache.tapestry.components.ILinkComponent} 022 * that allows 023 * the exact HREF to be specified, usually used for client side 024 * scripting. 025 * 026 * [<a href="../../../../../ComponentReference/GenericLink.html">Component Reference</a>] 027 * 028 * 029 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 030 * @since 2.0.2 031 * 032 **/ 033 034 public abstract class GenericLink extends AbstractLinkComponent 035 { 036 public abstract String getHref(); 037 038 public ILink getLink(IRequestCycle cycle) 039 { 040 return new StaticLink(getHref()); 041 } 042 }