net.jot.web.forms
Class JOTPropertiesForm

java.lang.Object
  net.jot.web.view.JOTViewBlock
      net.jot.web.view.JOTViewTag
          net.jot.web.forms.JOTForm
              net.jot.web.forms.JOTGeneratedForm
                  net.jot.web.forms.JOTPropertiesForm

public abstract class JOTPropertiesForm
extends JOTGeneratedForm

Generic class that provides easy mapping of a property file to a form This allow for an easy "setup form" where as the setup options are stored in a property file. Extend to map your own property file.

Author:

thibautc

Field Summary

protected java.util.Properties

props

Fields inherited from class net.jot.web.forms.JOTGeneratedForm

HAD_SUCCESS

Fields inherited from class net.jot.web.forms.JOTForm

REQUEST_ID

Fields inherited from class net.jot.web.view.JOTViewBlock

content, visible

Constructor Summary

JOTPropertiesForm()

Method Summary

void	addFormField(JOTFormField field) Adds a form field
void	refreshData(JOTFlowRequest request) Will be called when the form data changed (in the request / form submission) To update the data values here.
void	save(JOTFlowRequest request) Call this to save the new form values to the property file This will save the values and then call your saveProperties implementation
abstract void	saveProperties() Implement to save the properties back where they came from (your property file).
abstract void	updateProperties(JOTFlowRequest request) Implement to set/load the properties.

Methods inherited from class net.jot.web.forms.JOTGeneratedForm

addCategory, addSubmitButton, getCss, getDescription, getFormAction, getFormBowells, getHtml, getItems, getJavascript, init, layoutForm, setFormAction, setFormTitle, validate, validateForm

Methods inherited from class net.jot.web.forms.JOTForm

defineField, get, getAll, getErrors, getResult, hasValidated, preValidate, reparseForm, setErrors, setHasValidated, setResult, validatePermissions

Methods inherited from class net.jot.web.view.JOTViewTag

getFlags, getTagProperties, removeFlag, setFlag, setTagProperty, unsetTagProperty

Methods inherited from class net.jot.web.view.JOTViewBlock

getContent, isVisible, setContent, setVisible

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

props

protected java.util.Properties props

Constructor Detail

JOTPropertiesForm

public JOTPropertiesForm()

Method Detail

addFormField

public void addFormField(JOTFormField field)

Description copied from class: JOTGeneratedForm

Adds a form field

Overrides:

addFormField in class JOTGeneratedForm

refreshData

public void refreshData(JOTFlowRequest request)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Will be called when the form data changed (in the request / form submission) To update the data values here.

Overrides:

refreshData in class JOTGeneratedForm

Parameters:

request -

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

updateProperties

public abstract void updateProperties(JOTFlowRequest request)

Implement to set/load the properties. This method should set the "props" variable (Properties object loaded from some property file)

Parameters:

request -

saveProperties

public abstract void saveProperties()
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Implement to save the properties back where they came from (your property file). Note: save the "props" object to your property file.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

save

public void save(JOTFlowRequest request)
          throws java.lang.Exception

Call this to save the new form values to the property file This will save the values and then call your saveProperties implementation

Specified by:

save in class JOTForm

Parameters:

request -

Throws:

java.lang.Exception