001    /**
002     * Copyright 2005-2012 The Kuali Foundation
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.element;
017    
018    /**
019     * Content element that renders a non-breaking space HTML <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> tag
020     *
021     * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
022     */
023    public class Space extends ContentElementBase {
024        private static final long serialVersionUID = 4655642965438419569L;
025    
026        public Space() {
027            super();
028        }
029    
030        /**
031         * Indicates that this element renders itself and does not use a template
032         *
033         * <p>
034         * Since this method returns true, the renderOutput property provides
035         * the HTML string representing this element.
036         * </p>
037         *
038         * @return true - this object renders itself
039         * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Component#isSelfRendered()
040         */
041        @Override
042        public boolean isSelfRendered() {
043            return true;
044        }
045    
046        /**
047         * Provides the HTML string to be used to render a non-breaking space
048         *
049         * <p>The HTML for a Space element is <code>&amp;nbsp;</code></p>
050         *
051         * @return the HTML string for a non-breaking space
052         * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Component#getRenderedHtmlOutput()
053         */
054        @Override
055        public String getRenderedHtmlOutput() {
056            return "&nbsp;";
057        }
058    }