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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.link;
016
017 import org.apache.tapestry.INamespace;
018 import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;
019 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.IEngineService;
020 import org.apache.tapestry.engine.ILink;
021
022 /**
023 * A component for creating a navigation link to another page, using the page service. [ <a
024 * href="../../../../../ComponentReference/PageLink.html">Component Reference </a>]
025 *
026 * @author Howard Ship
027 */
028
029 public abstract class PageLink extends AbstractLinkComponent
030 {
031 public abstract IEngineService getPageService();
032
033 public ILink getLink(IRequestCycle cycle)
034 {
035 String parameter = null;
036 INamespace namespace = getTargetNamespace();
037 String targetPage = getTargetPage();
038
039 if (namespace == null)
040 parameter = targetPage;
041 else
042 parameter = namespace.constructQualifiedName(targetPage);
043
044 return getPageService().getLink(false, parameter);
045 }
046
047 public abstract String getTargetPage();
048
049 /** @since 2.2 * */
050
051 public abstract INamespace getTargetNamespace();
052 }