com.googlecode.fascinator.portal.guitoolkit
Class GUIFormRenderer

java.lang.Object
  com.googlecode.fascinator.portal.guitoolkit.GUIFormRenderer

public class GUIFormRenderer
extends Object

Render web form elements based on descriptive metadata.

Author:

Greg Pendlebury

Constructor Summary

GUIFormRenderer(JsonSimpleConfig config)
Constructor.

Method Summary

String	ajaxFluidErrorHolder(String prefix) Render an error message text container.
String	ajaxFluidLoader(String prefix) Render a circular loading animation.
String	ajaxProgressLoader(String prefix) Render a horizontal progress loading animation.
String	renderFormElement(String name, String type, String label) Render a simple form 'input' element with optional 'label'.
String	renderFormElement(String name, String type, String label, String value) Render a simple form 'input' element with optional 'label' and a starting value.
String	renderFormSelect(String name, String label, Map<String,String> values) Render a 'select' drop-down element with optional 'label'.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

GUIFormRenderer

public GUIFormRenderer(JsonSimpleConfig config)

Constructor. Access to system configuration is required

Parameters:

config - : System configuration

Method Detail

ajaxFluidErrorHolder

public String ajaxFluidErrorHolder(String prefix)

Render an error message text container.

Parameters:

prefix - : A String to prepend to element IDs

Returns:

String : The html for the element

ajaxFluidLoader

public String ajaxFluidLoader(String prefix)

Render a circular loading animation.

Parameters:

prefix - : A String to prepend to element IDs

Returns:

String : The html for the element

ajaxProgressLoader

public String ajaxProgressLoader(String prefix)

Render a horizontal progress loading animation.

Parameters:

prefix - : A String to prepend to element IDs

Returns:

String : The html for the element

renderFormElement

public String renderFormElement(String name,
                                String type,
                                String label)

Render a simple form 'input' element with optional 'label'.

Parameters:

name - : Value of the 'name' attribute

type - : Value of the 'type' attribute

label - : Label text

Returns:

String : The html for the element

renderFormElement

public String renderFormElement(String name,
                                String type,
                                String label,
                                String value)

Render a simple form 'input' element with optional 'label' and a starting value.

Parameters:

name - : Value of the 'name' attribute

type - : Value of the 'type' attribute

label - : Label text

value - : The starting text for the element value

Returns:

String : The html for the element

renderFormSelect

public String renderFormSelect(String name,
                               String label,
                               Map<String,String> values)

Render a 'select' drop-down element with optional 'label'.

Parameters:

name - : Value of the 'name' attribute

label - : Label text

values - : A Map of values of label for the drop-down.

Returns:

String : The html for the element