//  Copyright 2004 The Apache Software Foundation
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package org.apache.tapestry.script;

import org.apache.tapestry.ILocation;
import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;

/**
 * Writes out its child tokens only the first time it executes
 * (with a given tag).  Uses
 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle#setAttribute(String, Object)}
 * to identify whether a particular block has rendered yet.
 *
 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
 * @version $Id: UniqueToken.java 243791 2004-02-19 17:38:13Z hlship $
 * @since 3.0
 */

class UniqueToken extends AbstractToken
{
    public UniqueToken(ILocation location)
    {
        super(location);
    }

    public void write(StringBuffer buffer, ScriptSession session)
    {
        IRequestCycle cycle = session.getRequestCycle();

        ILocation location = getLocation();
        String tag = "<unique> " + location.toString();

        if (cycle.getAttribute(tag) != null)
            return;

        cycle.setAttribute(tag, Boolean.TRUE);

        writeChildren(buffer, session);
    }

}
