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<chapter>

     <table>
	  <title>Component identification parameters </title>
      <tgroup cols="2">
	  <thead>
            <row>
                  <entry>Name</entry>
                  <entry>Value</entry>
            </row>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <row>
            <entry>component-type</entry>
            <entry>javax.faces.HtmlCommandLink</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>component-family</entry>
            <entry>javax.faces.Command</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>component-class</entry>
            <entry>javax.faces.component.html.HtmlCommandLink</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
            <entry>renderer-type</entry>
            <entry>org.ajax4jsf.HtmlCommandLinkRenderer</entry>
          </row>
        </tbody>
      </tgroup>
    </table>
  
  <section>
    <title>Creating on a page</title>
    <para>Component definition on a page is the same as for the original component from the JSF HTML library.</para>

  <para>
      <emphasis role="bold">Example:</emphasis>
 </para>
    <programlisting role="XML"><![CDATA[<a4j:htmlCommandLink value="value" action="action"/>
]]></programlisting>
</section>
  <section>
    <title>Dynamical creation of a component from Java code</title>

  <para>
      <emphasis role="bold">Example:</emphasis>
 </para>
    <programlisting role="JAVA"><![CDATA[import javax.faces.component.html.HtmlCommandLink;
...
HtmlCommandLink myCommandLink = new HtmlCommandLink();
...
]]></programlisting>
  </section>
  <section>
    <title>Key attributes and ways of usage</title>
    <para>The difference with the original component is that all hidden fields required for command links with the child <emphasis role="bold">
        <property>&lt;f:param&gt;</property>
      </emphasis> elements are always rendered and it doesn't depend on links rendering on the initial page. It solves the problem with invalid links that weren&apos;t rendered on a page immediately, but after some Ajax request.</para>

  <para>
      <emphasis role="bold">Example:</emphasis>
 </para>
    <programlisting role="XML"><![CDATA[<a4j:form>
	...
	<a4j:htmlComandLink action="action" value="link" rendered="#{bean.rendered}">
		<f:param ...>
	<a4j:htmlComandLink>
	...
</a4j:form>
]]></programlisting>
<para>In this example <emphasis role="bold">
        <property>&lt;a4j:htmlCommandLink&gt;</property>
      </emphasis>works as standard <emphasis role="bold">
        <property>&lt;h:commandLink&gt;</property>
      </emphasis>, but here hidden fields required for correct functionality are rendered before the first downloading of a page, though it doesn't happen if its attribute isn't set to &quot;false&quot;.</para>
      </section>
	  
  <section>
    <title>Relevant resources links</title>
	<para>
	  <ulink url="http://livedemo.exadel.com/richfaces-demo/richfaces/htmlCommandLink.jsf?c=htmlCommandLink">Here</ulink> you 
	  can see the example of <emphasis role="bold"
	    ><property>&lt;a4j:htmlCommandLinks&gt;</property></emphasis> usage and sources for the given example.  
	</para>
  </section>	  
</chapter>
