de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata
Class InputEntry

java.lang.Object
  de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.Column
      de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.FormEntry
          de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.ValueEntry
              de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.InputEntry

Direct Known Subclasses:

FileEntry, TextAreaEntry

public class InputEntry
extends ValueEntry

A form entry describes an input element within a form.

Author:

Michael Günnewig

Field Summary

static int	INPUT_CLASS_CHECKBOX Use a checkbox form element for input.
static int	INPUT_CLASS_PASSWORD Use a password form element for input.
static int	INPUT_CLASS_STANDARD Use the standard form element for input.
static int	NORMALIZE_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE Normalize input by collapsing whitespace.
static int	NORMALIZE_NO_TRANSFORMATION Don't apply any string transformation to input values.

Fields inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.ValueEntry

RENDER_AS_DISABLED, RENDER_AS_HIDDEN, RENDER_AS_INPUT, RENDER_AS_TEXT

Fields inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.FormEntry

ADD_METHOD, CHANGED_METHOD, CLASS_NAME, LAYOUT_NO_HEADER_CELL, LAYOUT_PULL_IN, LAYOUT_PULL_IN_CELL, LAYOUT_STANDARD

Fields inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.Column

GET_METHOD, GET_METHOD_VISUAL, MEMBER_ATTR, MEMBER_ATTR_TYPE, MEMBER_NAME, SET_METHOD

Constructor Summary

InputEntry(java.lang.String name, Type type, int layout, int renderAs, java.lang.String label, boolean nullAllowed, java.lang.String defaultValue)
Creates a new input entry for an attribute type.

InputEntry(java.lang.String name, Type type, int layout, int renderAs, java.lang.String label, boolean nullAllowed, java.lang.String defaultValue, int inputClass, int normalization)
Creates a new input entry for an attribute type.

InputEntry(java.lang.String name, Type type, java.lang.String label, boolean nullAllowed, java.lang.String defaultValue)
Creates a new input entry for an attribute type.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getDefaultValue() Returns the string representation of the parameter's default value.
int	getInputClass()
java.lang.String	getLabel() Returns the string used to refer to this field in the user interface.
int	getNormalization()
boolean	isNullAllowed() Tests whether this entry is not mandatory and can be null.
java.lang.String	normalize(java.lang.String s)

Methods inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.ValueEntry

getRenderAs

Methods inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.FormEntry

getLayout, name

Methods inherited from class de.mguennewig.pobjects.metadata.Column

getDescription, getIndex, getName, getSchemaName, getType, setDescription, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

INPUT_CLASS_STANDARD

public static final int INPUT_CLASS_STANDARD

Use the standard form element for input.

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Constant Field Values

INPUT_CLASS_CHECKBOX

public static final int INPUT_CLASS_CHECKBOX

Use a checkbox form element for input.

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Constant Field Values

INPUT_CLASS_PASSWORD

public static final int INPUT_CLASS_PASSWORD

Use a password form element for input.

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Constant Field Values

NORMALIZE_NO_TRANSFORMATION

public static final int NORMALIZE_NO_TRANSFORMATION

Don't apply any string transformation to input values.

This is the default.

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Constant Field Values

NORMALIZE_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE

public static final int NORMALIZE_COLLAPSE_WHITESPACE

Normalize input by collapsing whitespace.

Removes all whitespace characters (this is, everything with an ASCII code less or equal to 32) from the beginning and the end of the string. Further replaces sequences of whitespace within a string with a single space (ASCI 32).

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

InputEntry

public InputEntry(java.lang.String name,
                  Type type,
                  java.lang.String label,
                  boolean nullAllowed,
                  java.lang.String defaultValue)

Creates a new input entry for an attribute type.

InputEntry

public InputEntry(java.lang.String name,
                  Type type,
                  int layout,
                  int renderAs,
                  java.lang.String label,
                  boolean nullAllowed,
                  java.lang.String defaultValue)

Creates a new input entry for an attribute type.

InputEntry

public InputEntry(java.lang.String name,
                  Type type,
                  int layout,
                  int renderAs,
                  java.lang.String label,
                  boolean nullAllowed,
                  java.lang.String defaultValue,
                  int inputClass,
                  int normalization)

Creates a new input entry for an attribute type.

Method Detail

getLabel

public final java.lang.String getLabel()

Returns the string used to refer to this field in the user interface.

See Also:

Field.getLabel(), Parameter.getLabel()

isNullAllowed

public final boolean isNullAllowed()

Tests whether this entry is not mandatory and can be null.

See Also:

Field.isNullAllowed(), Parameter.isNullAllowed()

getDefaultValue

public final java.lang.String getDefaultValue()

Returns the string representation of the parameter's default value.

See Also:

Parameter.isNullAllowed()

getInputClass

public final int getInputClass()

getNormalization

public final int getNormalization()

normalize

public java.lang.String normalize(java.lang.String s)