com.primix.tapestry
Interface IRender

All Known Subinterfaces:
IAction, IComponent, IDirect, IExternalPage, IForm, IFormComponent, IPage, IServiceLink, IValidatingTextField
All Known Implementing Classes:
RequestContext, RenderTemplateHTML

public interface IRender

An element that may be asked to render itself to an IResponseWriter using a IRequestCycle.

This primarily includes IComponent and IPage, but also extends to other things, such as objects responsible for rendering static HTML text.

Version:
$Id: IRender.java,v 1.5 2001/05/02 14:15:15 hship Exp $
Author:
Howard Ship

Method Summary
 void render(IResponseWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
          The principal rendering/rewinding method.
 

Method Detail

render

public void render(IResponseWriter writer,
                   IRequestCycle cycle)
            throws RequestCycleException
The principal rendering/rewinding method. This will cause the receiving component to render its top level elements (HTML text and components).

Renderring and rewinding are the exact same process. The same code that renders must be able to restore state by going through the exact same operations (even though the output is discarded).