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013package org.apache.tapestry5.annotations;
014
015import org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources;
016import org.apache.tapestry5.EventConstants;
017import org.apache.tapestry5.ValueEncoder;
018import org.apache.tapestry5.http.Link;
019import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UseWith;
020import org.apache.tapestry5.services.ValueEncoderSource;
021
022import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
023import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
024import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
025import java.lang.annotation.Target;
026
027import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
028import static org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.AnnotationUseContext.PAGE;
029
030/**
031 * Marks a field of a page (not a component) as persistent within the URL, as with a page activation context. The field
032 * is mapped
033 * to a query parameter. When component event or page render links are generated for the page,
034 * additional values will be added to the {@link Link} (via the {@link EventConstants#DECORATE_COMPONENT_EVENT_LINK} or
035 * {@link EventConstants#DECORATE_PAGE_RENDER_LINK} events).
036 *
037 * The field may be of any type; a {@link ValueEncoder} (from the {@link ValueEncoderSource}) will be used to convert
038 * between client-side and server-side representations. Null values are not added as query parameters (just non-null).
039 *
040 * When a page is activated, the mapped fields will receive their values before an {@linkplain EventConstants#ACTIVATE
041 * activate} event handler method is invoked.
042 *
043 * This annotation is an alternative to {@link Persist}.
044 *
045 * Fields annotated with ActivationRequestParameter are <em>not</em> considered persistent (its a process parallel to the one
046 * related to the {@link Persist} annotation). Invoking {@link ComponentResources#discardPersistentFieldChanges()} will
047 * <em>not</em> affect annotated fields, only assigning them back to null will.
048 *
049 * @see RequestParameter
050 * @see ValueEncoder
051 */
052@Target(
053{ ElementType.FIELD })
054@Retention(RUNTIME)
055@Documented
056@UseWith(
057{ PAGE })
058public @interface ActivationRequestParameter
059{
060    /** The name of the query parameter, which defaults to the name of the field. */
061    String value() default "";
062
063    /**
064     * If true then a null value is an error. If false, then a null value will result in no update to the field. Either way,
065     * a null field value will result in no query parameter added to a  {@linkplain org.apache.tapestry5.http.Link generated link}.
066     *
067     * @since 5.4
068     */
069    boolean required() default false;
070}