de.mguennewig.pobjform
Class AbstractFormElement

java.lang.Object
  de.mguennewig.pobjform.AbstractFormElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractButtonElement, AbstractLinkElement, AbstractSpacerElement, AbstractTextElement, AbstractValueElement

public abstract class AbstractFormElement
extends java.lang.Object
implements FormElement

Abstract implementation of an form element.

Author:

Michael Günnewig

Constructor Summary

AbstractFormElement(PObjForm form, FormEntry entry)
Creates a new AbstractFormElement.

Method Summary

void	appendToList(java.util.List<FormElement> elements)
Container	getContainer() Returns the database connection.
FormEntry	getEntry() Returns the form entry specification for this element.
PObjForm	getForm() Returns the form to which this element belongs.
java.lang.String	getLabel() Returns the label for this form element.
java.lang.String	getProperty() Returns the property for this form element.
java.lang.String	getPullInPrefix() Returns the pullInPrefix.
boolean	isPulledIn() Tests whether this element will be pulled into previous line.
boolean	omitRowHeader() Tests whether for this element the header row should be omited.
void	setLabel(java.lang.String label) Sets the label of this form element to a new value.
void	setProperty(java.lang.String property) Sets the property to a new value, and propagates the change to all child elements.
void	setPullInPrefix(java.lang.String pullInPrefix) Sets the pullInPrefix.
boolean	startsNewCell() Tests whether this element will start a new cell in the current row.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface de.mguennewig.pobjform.FormElement

hasChanged, isMandatory, isVisible, setVisible, validate

Constructor Detail

AbstractFormElement

public AbstractFormElement(PObjForm form,
                           FormEntry entry)

Creates a new AbstractFormElement.

Method Detail

getForm

public final PObjForm getForm()

Returns the form to which this element belongs.

Specified by:

getForm in interface FormElement

getEntry

public final FormEntry getEntry()

Returns the form entry specification for this element.

Specified by:

getEntry in interface FormElement

getContainer

public final Container getContainer()

Returns the database connection.

Specified by:

getContainer in interface FormElement

See Also:

PObjForm.getContainer()

getProperty

public final java.lang.String getProperty()

Returns the property for this form element.

Specified by:

getProperty in interface FormElement

setProperty

public void setProperty(java.lang.String property)

Sets the property to a new value, and propagates the change to all child elements.

Specified by:

setProperty in interface FormElement

getLabel

public final java.lang.String getLabel()

Returns the label for this form element.

Specified by:

getLabel in interface FormElement

setLabel

public void setLabel(java.lang.String label)

Sets the label of this form element to a new value.

Specified by:

setLabel in interface FormElement

getPullInPrefix

public final java.lang.String getPullInPrefix()

Returns the pullInPrefix.

Specified by:

getPullInPrefix in interface FormElement

See Also:

FormElement.setPullInPrefix(String)

setPullInPrefix

public void setPullInPrefix(java.lang.String pullInPrefix)

Sets the pullInPrefix.

If the form element is pulled into a line (and is not the first element of that line), then this text is written in front of the element.

Specified by:

setPullInPrefix in interface FormElement

isPulledIn

public final boolean isPulledIn()

Tests whether this element will be pulled into previous line.

Specified by:

isPulledIn in interface FormElement

omitRowHeader

public final boolean omitRowHeader()

Tests whether for this element the header row should be omited.

Specified by:

omitRowHeader in interface FormElement

startsNewCell

public final boolean startsNewCell()

Tests whether this element will start a new cell in the current row.

Specified by:

startsNewCell in interface FormElement

appendToList

public void appendToList(java.util.List<FormElement> elements)

Specified by:

appendToList in interface FormElement