org.apache.cocoon.woody.formmodel
Class AbstractWidgetDefinition

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cocoon.woody.formmodel.AbstractWidgetDefinition

All Implemented Interfaces:

WidgetDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractContainerDefinition, AbstractDatatypeWidgetDefinition, ActionDefinition, BooleanFieldDefinition, MessagesDefinition, NewDefinition, UploadDefinition

public abstract class AbstractWidgetDefinition
extends Object
implements WidgetDefinition

Provides functionality that is common across many WidgetDefinition implementations.

Version:

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

Field Summary

protected WidgetDefinition

parent

Constructor Summary

AbstractWidgetDefinition()

Method Summary

void	addValidator(WidgetValidator validator)
void	generateDisplayData(ContentHandler contentHandler) Generates SAX events for display data.
void	generateDisplayData(String name, ContentHandler contentHandler) Generates SAX events for named display data.
void	generateLabel(ContentHandler contentHandler) Generates SAX events for the label of this widget.
FormDefinition	getFormDefinition() Gets the FormDefinition.
String	getId() Gets id of this widget definition.
String	getLocation() Gets source location of this widget definition.
WidgetDefinition	getParent() Gets the parent of this definition.
void	setDisplayData(Map displayData) Sets the various display data for this widget.
protected void	setId(String id)
protected void	setLocation(String location)
void	setParent(WidgetDefinition definition) Sets the parent of this definition
boolean	validate(Widget widget, FormContext context) Validate a widget using the validators that were defined in its definition.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

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

createInstance

Field Detail

parent

protected WidgetDefinition parent

Constructor Detail

AbstractWidgetDefinition

public AbstractWidgetDefinition()

Method Detail

getFormDefinition

public FormDefinition getFormDefinition()

Description copied from interface: WidgetDefinition

Gets the FormDefinition.

Specified by:

getFormDefinition in interface WidgetDefinition

setParent

public void setParent(WidgetDefinition definition)

Sets the parent of this definition

Specified by:

setParent in interface WidgetDefinition

getParent

public WidgetDefinition getParent()

Gets the parent of this definition. This method returns null for the root definition.

setLocation

protected void setLocation(String location)

getLocation

public String getLocation()

Description copied from interface: WidgetDefinition

Gets source location of this widget definition.

Specified by:

getLocation in interface WidgetDefinition

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: WidgetDefinition

Gets id of this widget definition.

Specified by:

getId in interface WidgetDefinition

setId

protected void setId(String id)

generateLabel

public void generateLabel(ContentHandler contentHandler)
                   throws SAXException

Description copied from interface: WidgetDefinition

Generates SAX events for the label of this widget.

Specified by:

generateLabel in interface WidgetDefinition

Throws:

SAXException

setDisplayData

public void setDisplayData(Map displayData)

Sets the various display data for this widget. This includes the label, hint and help. They must all be objects implementing the XMLizable interface. This approach allows to have mixed content in these data.

Parameters:

displayData - an association of {name, sax fragment}

addValidator

public void addValidator(WidgetValidator validator)

generateDisplayData

public void generateDisplayData(String name,
                                ContentHandler contentHandler)
                         throws SAXException

Description copied from interface: WidgetDefinition

Generates SAX events for named display data.

Specified by:

generateDisplayData in interface WidgetDefinition

Throws:

SAXException

generateDisplayData

public void generateDisplayData(ContentHandler contentHandler)
                         throws SAXException

Description copied from interface: WidgetDefinition

Generates SAX events for display data.

Specified by:

generateDisplayData in interface WidgetDefinition

Throws:

SAXException

validate

public boolean validate(Widget widget,
                        FormContext context)

Validate a widget using the validators that were defined in its definition. If validation fails, the validator has set a validation error on the widget or one of its children.

Parameters:

widget - the widget

context - the form context

Returns:

true if validation was successful.