org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel
Class AggregateField

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.AbstractWidget
      extended by org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.Field
          extended by org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.AggregateField
All Implemented Interfaces:
ValueChangedListenerEnabled, ContainerWidget, DataWidget, SelectableWidget, Widget, ValidationErrorAware, Locatable

public class AggregateField
extends Field
implements ContainerWidget

An aggregated field allows to represent one value as multiple input fields, or several values as one field. Hence this widget is a field and a container widget simultaneously.

Upon submit, it first attempts to read own value from the request, and splits over nested field widgets using a regular expression. If split fails, this will simply give a validation error. If own value was not submitted, it attempts to read values for nested field widgets, and combines theirs values using combine expression.

To validate this widget, both the validation rules of the nested widgets are checked, and those of the aggregated field themselves. The validation rules of the aggregated field can perform checks on the string as entered by the user (e.g. check its total length).

This field and nested fields can be of any supported type, as long as combine expression gives result of the correct type, and split regular expression can split string representation into parts which can be converted to the values of nested fields.

Version:
$Id: AggregateField.html 1304258 2012-03-23 10:09:27Z ilgrosso $

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.Field
enteredValue, required, selectionList, SUGGESTED_LABEL_ATTR, suggestionList, validationError, value, VALUE_DISPLAY_PARSE_ERROR, VALUE_DISPLAY_VALIDATION, VALUE_PARSE_ERROR, VALUE_PARSED, VALUE_UNPARSED, VALUE_VALIDATED, VALUE_VALIDATING, valueState
 
Fields inherited from class org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.AbstractWidget
wasValid
 
Fields inherited from interface org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.Widget
PATH_SEPARATOR
 
Constructor Summary
AggregateField(AggregateFieldDefinition definition)
           
 
Method Summary
 void addChild(Widget widget)
          Adds a child widget.
protected  void addField(Field field)
           
 void combineFields()
           
 AggregateFieldDefinition getAggregateFieldDefinition()
           
 Widget getChild(String id)
          Concrete widgets that contain actual child widgets should override to return the actual child-widget.
 Iterator getChildren()
           
 String getXMLElementName()
          The XML element name used in AbstractWidget.generateSaxFragment(ContentHandler, Locale) to produce the wrapping element for all the XML-instance-content of this Widget.
 boolean hasChild(String id)
          Checks if there is a child widget with the given id.
 void initialize()
          Called after widget's environment has been setup, to allow for any contextual initalization, such as looking up case widgets for union widgets.
 void readFromRequest(FormContext formContext)
          Lets this widget read its data from a request.
 void setValue(Object newValue)
          Sets the value of this widget.
 boolean validate()
          Validates this widget and returns the outcome.
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.Field
addValueChangedListener, applyWhitespaceTrim, broadcastEvent, generateItemSaxFragment, getDatatype, getDefinition, getFieldDefinition, getSuggestionLabel, getSuggestionList, getValidationError, getValue, getXMLElementAttributes, hasValueChangedListeners, isRequired, isSuggested, readFromRequest, removeValueChangedListener, setRequired, setSelectionList, setSelectionList, setSelectionList, setSuggestionLabel, setSuggestionList, setSuggestionList, setValidationError
 
Methods inherited from class org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.AbstractWidget
addValidator, generateDisplayData, generateLabel, generateSaxFragment, getAttribute, getCombinedState, getForm, getFullName, getId, getLocation, getName, getParent, getRequestParameterName, getState, getWidget, isValid, lookupWidget, removeAttribute, removeValidator, setAttribute, setParent, setState, toString, widgetNameChanged
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.Widget
addValidator, broadcastEvent, generateLabel, generateSaxFragment, getAttribute, getCombinedState, getDefinition, getForm, getFullName, getId, getLocation, getName, getParent, getRequestParameterName, getState, getValue, getWidget, isRequired, isValid, lookupWidget, removeAttribute, removeValidator, setAttribute, setParent, setState
 

Constructor Detail

AggregateField

public AggregateField(AggregateFieldDefinition definition)
Method Detail

getAggregateFieldDefinition

public final AggregateFieldDefinition getAggregateFieldDefinition()

initialize

public void initialize()
Description copied from class: AbstractWidget
Called after widget's environment has been setup, to allow for any contextual initalization, such as looking up case widgets for union widgets.

Specified by:
initialize in interface Widget
Overrides:
initialize in class Field

addChild

public void addChild(Widget widget)
Description copied from interface: ContainerWidget
Adds a child widget.

Specified by:
addChild in interface ContainerWidget

addField

protected void addField(Field field)

hasChild

public boolean hasChild(String id)
Description copied from interface: ContainerWidget
Checks if there is a child widget with the given id.

Specified by:
hasChild in interface ContainerWidget

getChildren

public Iterator getChildren()
Specified by:
getChildren in interface ContainerWidget
Returns:
an iterator over the widgets this object contains

readFromRequest

public void readFromRequest(FormContext formContext)
Description copied from interface: Widget
Lets this widget read its data from a request. At this point the Widget may try to convert the request parameter to its native datatype (if it is not a string), but it should not yet generate any validation errors.

Specified by:
readFromRequest in interface Widget
Overrides:
readFromRequest in class Field

setValue

public void setValue(Object newValue)
Description copied from interface: Widget
Sets the value of this widget.

Not all widgets do have a value (notably ContainerWidgets, but this method is provided here as a convenience to ease writing and avoiding casts.

Specified by:
setValue in interface Widget
Overrides:
setValue in class Field
Parameters:
newValue - the new widget's value.

combineFields

public void combineFields()

validate

public boolean validate()
Description copied from interface: Widget
Validates this widget and returns the outcome. Possible error messages are remembered by the widget itself and will be part of the XML produced by this widget in its Widget.generateSaxFragment(ContentHandler, Locale) method.

Specified by:
validate in interface Widget
Overrides:
validate in class Field
Returns:
true to indicate all validations were ok, false otherwise
See Also:
Widget.validate()

getXMLElementName

public String getXMLElementName()
Description copied from class: AbstractWidget
The XML element name used in AbstractWidget.generateSaxFragment(ContentHandler, Locale) to produce the wrapping element for all the XML-instance-content of this Widget.

Overrides:
getXMLElementName in class Field
Returns:
"aggregatefield"

getChild

public Widget getChild(String id)
Description copied from class: AbstractWidget
Concrete widgets that contain actual child widgets should override to return the actual child-widget.

Specified by:
getChild in interface ContainerWidget
Overrides:
getChild in class AbstractWidget
Parameters:
id - of the child-widget
Returns:
null if not overriden.


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