Package org.apache.tapestry5.services.transform

Interface TransformationSupport

public interface TransformationSupport

Additional utilities, beyond PlasticClass, needed when transforming.

Since:

5.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	eventType, int minContextValues, operationDescription, ComponentEventHandler handler)	Adds an event handler.
boolean	isRootTransformation()	Returns true if the class being transformed is a root class: it does not inherit from another transformed class, but instead inherits from Object.
	typeName)

Method Detail

toClass

  typeName)

Parameters:

typeName - Java type name (which may be a primitive type or array, or fully qualified class name)

Returns:

corresponding Java Class

isRootTransformation

boolean isRootTransformation()

Returns true if the class being transformed is a root class: it does not inherit from another transformed class, but instead inherits from Object.

Returns:

true if root

addEventHandler

void  eventType,
                     int minContextValues,
                      operationDescription,
                     ComponentEventHandler handler)

Adds an event handler. Added event handlers execute before calls to super-class event handlers, or calls to event handler methods.

Parameters:

eventType - type of event

minContextValues - number of context values required to activate the handler

operationDescription - Used with OperationTracker when invoking the handler

handler - code to execute when the event matches