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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 return cycle.getParameter(name) != null;
043 }
044
045 /**
046 * @see org.apache.tapestry.form.AbstractFormComponent#renderFormComponent(org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter,
047 * org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle)
048 */
049 protected void renderFormComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
050 {
051 writer.beginEmpty("input");
052 writer.attribute("type", "submit");
053 writer.attribute("name", getName());
054
055 if (isDisabled())
056 writer.attribute("disabled", "disabled");
057
058 String label = getLabel();
059
060 if (label != null)
061 writer.attribute("value", label);
062
063 renderIdAttribute(writer, cycle);
064
065 renderInformalParameters(writer, cycle);
066
067 writer.closeTag();
068 }
069
070 /** parameter */
071 public abstract String getLabel();
072
073 }