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<h3>Event Bubbling With Context</h3>
When an event has context parameter(s), the event handlers must match the quantity and type of parameter(s) or use an EventContext.<br/>
<div class="eg">
<t:if t:test="pageMessage">
<span style="color:red;">${pageMessage}<br/><br/></span>
</t:if>
<t:examples.component.mycomponent2 eventname="EventA" context="'W'">EventA</t:examples.component.mycomponent2><br/>
<t:examples.component.mycomponent2 eventname="EventB" context="'X'">EventB</t:examples.component.mycomponent2><br/>
<t:examples.component.mycomponent2 eventname="EventC" context="'Y'">EventC</t:examples.component.mycomponent2><br/>
<t:examples.component.mycomponent2 eventname="EventD" context="'Z'">EventD</t:examples.component.mycomponent2><br/>
</div>
References:
<a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/component-events.html#ComponentEvents-EventBubbling">Event Bubbling</a>,
<a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/5.4/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/EventContext.html">EventContext</a>,
<a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/5.4/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/ComponentResources.html">ComponentResources</a>.<br/><br/>
<t:pagelink page="Index">Home</t:pagelink><br/><br/>
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package jumpstart.web.pages.examples.component;
import org.apache.tapestry5.EventContext;
import org.apache.tapestry5.PersistenceConstants;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Import;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Persist;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Property;
@Import(stylesheet = "css/examples/plain.css")
public class EventBubblingWithContext {
// Screen fields
@Property
@Persist(PersistenceConstants.FLASH)
private String pageMessage;
// The code
void onEventA(String s) {
pageMessage = "EventA bubbled up to the page. Context = \"" + s + "\".";
}
void onEventB(EventContext eventContext) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot happen because MyComponent aborts handling of EventB.");
}
void onEventC(EventContext eventContext) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot happen because MyComponent aborts handling of EventC.");
}
void onEventD(EventContext eventContext) {
pageMessage = "EventD bubbled up to the page. Context = '" + eventContext.get(String.class, 0) + "'.";
}
void onEventE(EventContext eventContext) {
throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot happen because there is no EventE.");
}
void onEventX(EventContext eventContext) {
pageMessage = "EventX bubbled up to the page. Context = '" + eventContext.get(String.class, 0) + "'.";
}
}
.eg {
margin: 20px 0;
padding: 14px;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
border-radius: 6px;
-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
-mox-border-radius: 6px;
}
<html xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_4.xsd">
<t:content>
<t:eventlink event="prop:eventname" context="prop:context"><t:body/></t:eventlink>
<span style="color:red">${message}</span>
</t:content>
</html>
package jumpstart.web.components.examples.component;
import org.apache.tapestry5.BindingConstants;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources;
import org.apache.tapestry5.PersistenceConstants;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Parameter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Persist;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Property;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Inject;
/**
* MyComponent contains an EventLink and a message that is set up by whichever event handler method is triggered.
*/
public class MyComponent2 {
// Parameters
@Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.LITERAL)
@Property
private String eventName;
@Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.PROP)
@Property
private Object context;
// Screen fields
@Property
@Persist(PersistenceConstants.FLASH)
private String message;
// Generally useful bits and pieces
@Inject
private ComponentResources componentResources;
// The code
boolean onEventA(String s) {
message = "MyComponent handles EventA then bubbles it up. Context = '" + s + "'.";
// Let EventA bubble up.
return false;
}
boolean onEventB(String s) {
message = "MyComponent handles EventB then aborts its handling. Context = '" + s + "'.";
// Abort handling of EventB.
return true;
}
boolean onEventC(String s) {
message = "MyComponent handles EventC and triggers EventX in its place. Context = '" + s + "'.";
// Trigger the event "eventX" on myself which will then bubble up.
componentResources.triggerEvent("eventX", new Object[] { s }, null);
// Abort handling of EventC.
return true;
}
// We deliberately don't handle EventD, so it will bubble straight up.
}