Class FormElementTag

java.lang.Object

javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

org.deltava.taglib.BrowserInfoTag

org.deltava.taglib.html.ElementTag

org.deltava.taglib.html.FormElementTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, IterationTag, JspTag, Tag

Direct Known Subclasses:

CheckTag, ComboTag, FileUploadTag, InputTag, SingleTag, TextboxTag

public abstract class FormElementTag
extends ElementTag

A class for supporting JSP tags that generate HTML input elements.

Since:

1.0

Version:

10.0

Author:

Luke

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Object	_value	The value of this input element.

Fields inherited from class org.deltava.taglib.html.ElementTag

_classes, _data, _out

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

id, pageContext

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	FormElementTag(String elementName, boolean validateParent)	Generates an input element tag with a given name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setDelimValues(String values)	Sets multiple values for this input element.
void	setIdx(String index)	Sets the tab index of this field.
void	setName(String name)	Sets the name of this field.
void	setRequired(boolean isRequired)	Sets this field as required for HTML5 browsers.
void	setValue(Object value)	Sets the value of this input element.
protected void	validateState()	Validates tag state.

Methods inherited from class org.deltava.taglib.html.ElementTag

doStartTag, getFormIndexCount, getName, getParentFormTag, release, setClassName, setID, setNumericAttr, setPageContext, setStyle

Methods inherited from class org.deltava.taglib.BrowserInfoTag

getBrowserContext

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

doAfterBody, doEndTag, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, removeValue, setId, setParent, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

_value

protected Object _value

The value of this input element.

Constructor Details

FormElementTag

protected FormElementTag(String elementName,
 boolean validateParent)

Generates an input element tag with a given name.

Parameters:

elementName - the HTML element name

validateParent - TRUE if parent validation is enabled, otherwise FALSE

See Also:

• validateState()

Method Details

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this field.

Parameters:

name - the field name

setIdx

public void setIdx(String index)

Sets the tab index of this field. This does nothing if a negative, zero or non-numeric value is passed.

Parameters:

index - the tab index, or * if it should be retrieved from the parent form.

See Also:

• ElementTag.setNumericAttr(String, int, int)

setValue

public void setValue(Object value)

Sets the value of this input element. Each implementer needs to render multiple values appropriately.

Parameters:

value - the value(s) for this field

setRequired

public void setRequired(boolean isRequired)

Sets this field as required for HTML5 browsers.

Parameters:

isRequired - TRUE if required, otherwise FALSE

setDelimValues

public void setDelimValues(String values)

Sets multiple values for this input element.

Parameters:

values - a comma-delimited list of values

validateState

protected void validateState()

Validates tag state.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if not in a FORM and is required