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 015package org.apache.tapestry.spec; 016 017/** 018 * Defines the different types of bindings possible for a component. These are used in the 019 * {@link IBindingSpecification} and ultimately used to create an instance of 020 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.IBinding}. 021 * 022 * @author Howard Lewis Ship 023 */ 024 025public final class BindingType 026{ 027 /** 028 * Indicates that the binding value is a prefixed locator, ready for use with 029 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.binding.BindingSource}. 030 */ 031 032 public static final BindingType PREFIXED = new BindingType("PREFIXED"); 033 034 public static final BindingType INHERITED = new BindingType("INHERITED"); 035 036 private final String _name; 037 038 private BindingType(String name) 039 { 040 _name = name; 041 } 042 043 public String toString() 044 { 045 return "BindingType[" + _name + "]"; 046 } 047}