How to get the AjaxRequestTarget inside Wicket's onBeforeRender() method of a component?

Question

I have an Ajax event that triggers the redraw of various Wicket panels. Some panels have additional calculations of their own inside their onBeforeRender() method. If there is a

Answer 1

Getting the AjaxTarget is done like this:

AjaxRequestTarget target = requestCycle.find(AjaxRequestTarget.class);

Unfortunately, like expected, I can't add components to the target once I'm in the rendering phase. But Wicket provides the interface ITargetRespondListener with the method onTargetRespond(AjaxRequestTarget target). Here I can add anything I want to the target.