/*
Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
Copyright (C) 2000 Blacksmith, Inc.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
*/

package net.wotonomy.web;

/**
* This class represents a static portion of a web page.
* Package access only, as it is not in the specification.
*
* @author michael@mpowers.net
* @author $Author: cgruber $
* @version $Revision: 893 $
*/
class WOStaticElement extends WOElement
{
	String content;

	/**
	* Default constructor.  
	*/
	public WOStaticElement()
	{
		content = null;
	}
	
	/**
	* Returns a static element representing the specified content.
	*/
	public WOStaticElement( String aContentString )
	{
		this();
		content = aContentString;
	}

    /**
    * Overridden to append the content string..
    */
    public void appendToResponse (WOResponse aResponse, WOContext aContext)
    {
    	aResponse.appendContentString( content );
    }
    
 
    public WOResponse generateResponse() 
    {
        WOResponse r = new WOResponse();
        if (content != null) 
        {
            r.appendContentString(content);
        }
        return r;
    }
    
    
}