org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel
Interface ContainerDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

org.apache.cocoon.util.location.Locatable, WidgetDefinition

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractContainerDefinition

public interface ContainerDefinition

extends WidgetDefinition

Interface to be implemented by WidgetDefinitions for Widgets which contain other widgets.

Version:

$Id: ContainerDefinition.html 1304280 2012-03-23 11:18:01Z ilgrosso $

Method Summary

void	addWidgetDefinition(WidgetDefinition definition) Adds a (sub) widget definition to this definition.
void	createWidget(Widget parent, String id) Create a widget from a contained widget definition.
void	createWidgets(Widget parent) Create widgets from the contained widget definitions.
WidgetDefinition	getWidgetDefinition(String id) Gets a (sub) widget definition from this definition.
Collection	getWidgetDefinitions() Gets the collection of (sub) widget definition from this definition.
boolean	hasWidget(String id) Check if this definition contains the named definition.
void	resolve(List parents, WidgetDefinition parent) Resolve references to widget definition classes

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.cocoon.forms.formmodel.WidgetDefinition

checkCompleteness, createInstance, generateDisplayData, generateDisplayData, generateLabel, getAttribute, getEnclosingLibrary, getFormDefinition, getId, getLocation, initializeFrom, setEnclosingLibrary, setParent, validate

Method Detail

resolve

public void resolve(List parents,
                    WidgetDefinition parent)
             throws Exception

Resolve references to widget definition classes

Throws:

Exception

createWidget

public void createWidget(Widget parent,
                         String id)

Create a widget from a contained widget definition.

createWidgets

public void createWidgets(Widget parent)

Create widgets from the contained widget definitions.

addWidgetDefinition

public void addWidgetDefinition(WidgetDefinition definition)
                         throws Exception,
                                DuplicateIdException

Adds a (sub) widget definition to this definition.

Throws:

Exception

DuplicateIdException

hasWidget

public boolean hasWidget(String id)

Check if this definition contains the named definition.

getWidgetDefinition

public WidgetDefinition getWidgetDefinition(String id)

Gets a (sub) widget definition from this definition.

getWidgetDefinitions

public Collection getWidgetDefinitions()

Gets the collection of (sub) widget definition from this definition.