de.must.markup

Class AttributeList

java.lang.Object

de.must.markup.AttributeList

public class AttributeList
extends java.lang.Object

Attribute list to layout components upon a panel line by line with a label at the beginning of each line. After an attribute list is completely filled, the labels may be packed according to the longest label via method packlabel. May be used e.g. to edit fields of a single database table record.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AttributeList() Constructs a new attribute list initialized with 100 rows.
AttributeList(int rowCapacity) Constructs a new attribute list initialized with the specified number of rows.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	append(Markupable markupable) Appends a markupable to the current line.
void	append(java.lang.String stringToAppend) Appends a string to the current line.
void	append(java.lang.String label, Markupable markupable) Adds a markupable with its label into a new line.
protected void	append(java.lang.String label, java.lang.String stringToAppend) Appends a label and a string to a new line.
void	fetchValuesFromRequest(GeneralizedRequest request) Controls synchronization of user input and mirroring object values.
java.lang.String	getInnerTableTagSequence() Returns the tag sequence to represent this object in markup language interpreting tools like browsers without enclosing table tags.
java.lang.String	getTagSequence() Returns the tag sequence to represent this object in markup language interpreting tools like browsers.
boolean	isNoEmptyValues()
protected void	setLastComponentsToolTipText(java.lang.String toolTipText) Sets the tool tip text to the last added component.
void	setNoEmptyValues(boolean newNoEmptyValues)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeList

public AttributeList()

Constructs a new attribute list initialized with 100 rows.

AttributeList

public AttributeList(int rowCapacity)

Constructs a new attribute list initialized with the specified number of rows.

Parameters:

rowCapacity - the maximum number of rows to be used

Method Detail

append

public void append(java.lang.String label,
                   Markupable markupable)

Adds a markupable with its label into a new line.

Parameters:

label - the line label

markupable -

append

public void append(Markupable markupable)

Appends a markupable to the current line.

Parameters:

markupable - the markupable to append

append

public void append(java.lang.String stringToAppend)

Appends a string to the current line.

Parameters:

stringToAppend - the string to append

append

protected void append(java.lang.String label,
                      java.lang.String stringToAppend)

Appends a label and a string to a new line.

Parameters:

label - the label to append

stringToAppend - the string to append

setLastComponentsToolTipText

protected void setLastComponentsToolTipText(java.lang.String toolTipText)

Sets the tool tip text to the last added component.

Parameters:

toolTipText - the tool tip text to associate

getTagSequence

public java.lang.String getTagSequence()

Returns the tag sequence to represent this object in markup language interpreting tools like browsers.

Returns:

the representing tag sequence

getInnerTableTagSequence

public java.lang.String getInnerTableTagSequence()

Returns the tag sequence to represent this object in markup language interpreting tools like browsers without enclosing table tags.

Returns:

the representing tag sequence without enclosing table tags

fetchValuesFromRequest

public void fetchValuesFromRequest(GeneralizedRequest request)

Controls synchronization of user input and mirroring object values. To be called after each POST action to update object values by user input.

Parameters:

request -

setNoEmptyValues

public void setNoEmptyValues(boolean newNoEmptyValues)

isNoEmptyValues

public boolean isNoEmptyValues()