src/main/java/com/google/gerrit/client/ui/DirectScreenLink.java

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package com.google.gerrit.client.ui;

import static com.google.gerrit.client.ui.LinkMenuItem.impl;

import com.google.gerrit.client.Gerrit;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.DOM;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.Event;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.InlineHyperlink;

/**
 * Link to a Screen which can carry richer payload.
 * <p>
 * A standard Hyperlink widget which updates the current history token when
 * activated, but subclasses are able to create the Screen instance themselves,
 * passing additional data into the Screen's constructor. This may permit the
 * screen to show some limited information early, before RPCs required to fully
 * populate it are even started.
 */
public abstract class DirectScreenLink extends InlineHyperlink {
  /**
   * Creates a link with its text and target history token specified.
   * 
   * @param text the hyperlink's text
   * @param historyToken the history token to which it will link
   */
  protected DirectScreenLink(final String text, final String historyToken) {
    super(text, historyToken);
  }

  @Override
  public void onBrowserEvent(final Event event) {
    if (DOM.eventGetType(event) == Event.ONCLICK && impl.handleAsClick(event)) {
      DOM.eventPreventDefault(event);
      go();
    }
  }

  /** Create the screen and start rendering, updating the browser history. */
  public void go() {
    Gerrit.display(getTargetHistoryToken(), createScreen());
  }

  /** Create the screen this link wants to display. */
  protected abstract Screen createScreen();
}