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14
15 package org.apache.tapestry.spec;
16
17 /**
18  * Defines the different types of bindings possible for a component. These are used in the
19  * {@link IBindingSpecification} and ultimately used to create an instance of
20  * {@link org.apache.tapestry.IBinding}.
21  *
22  * @author Howard Lewis Ship
23  */
24
25 public final class BindingType
26 {
27     /**
28      * Indicates that the binding value is a prefixed locator, ready for use with
29      * {@link org.apache.tapestry.binding.BindingSource}.
30      */
31
32     public static final BindingType PREFIXED = new BindingType("PREFIXED");
33
34     public static final BindingType INHERITED = new BindingType("INHERITED");
35
36     /**
37      * Indicates a {@link org.apache.tapestry.binding.ListenerBinding}, a specialized kind of
38      * binding that encapsulates a component listener as a script. Uses a subclass of
39      * {@link BindingSpecification},{@link ListenerBindingSpecification}.
40      * {@link IListenerBindingSpecification}.
41      *
42      * @since 3.0
43      */
44
45     public static final BindingType LISTENER = new BindingType("LISTENER");
46
47     private final String JavaDoc _name;
48
49     private BindingType(String JavaDoc name)
50     {
51         _name = name;
52     }
53
54     public String JavaDoc toString()
55     {
56         return "BindingType[" + _name + "]";
57     }
58 }
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