uk.ac.ed.epcc.webapp.forms.html

Class HTMLCreationForm

java.lang.Object

uk.ac.ed.epcc.webapp.forms.html.HTMLCreationForm

public class HTMLCreationForm
extends java.lang.Object

Utility class to do standard Object creation via a HTML Form The form is always built using the standard buildCreationForm method of the DataObjectFactory

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HTMLCreationForm(java.lang.String type_name, FormCreator c)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
HTMLForm	getForm()
java.lang.String	getHtmlForm(HttpServletRequest req) method to emit the HTML edit form.
FormResult	parseCreationForm(HttpServletRequest req) method to parse and validate the post params
boolean	parsePost(HttpServletRequest req)
boolean	useMultiPart() should we use multi-part encoding for this form

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HTMLCreationForm

public HTMLCreationForm(java.lang.String type_name,
                        FormCreator c)

Method Detail

getForm

public HTMLForm getForm()

getHtmlForm

public final java.lang.String getHtmlForm(HttpServletRequest req)

method to emit the HTML edit form. This may be the initial edit form or it may be a a redirect with error information.

Parameters:

req -

Returns:

String containg HTML fragment.

parseCreationForm

public FormResult parseCreationForm(HttpServletRequest req)
                             throws FieldException,
                                    ActionException

method to parse and validate the post params

Parameters:

req - HttpServletRequest

Returns:

created Object or null on error

Throws:

ActionException

FieldException

parsePost

public boolean parsePost(HttpServletRequest req)

useMultiPart

public boolean useMultiPart()

should we use multi-part encoding for this form

Returns:

boolean true if multiopart encoding required