org.appfuse.webapp.taglib

Class LabelTag

java.lang.Object

javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

org.appfuse.webapp.taglib.LabelTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

public class LabelTag
extends javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

This class is designed to render a tag for labeling your forms and adds an asterik (*) for required fields. It was originally written by Erik Hatcher (http://www.ehatchersolutions.com/JavaDevWithAnt/).

It is designed to be used as follows:

<tag:label key="userForm.username"/>

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	colon
protected String	errorClass
protected String	key
protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log	log
protected org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContext	requestContext
protected String	styleClass

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

Constructor and Description
LabelTag()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	doStartTag()
void	release() Release all allocated resources.
void	setColon(boolean colon) Setter for specifying whether to include colon
void	setErrorClass(String errorClass) Setter for assigning a CSS class when errors occur, defaults to labelError.
void	setKey(String key)
void	setStyleClass(String styleClass) Setter for assigning a CSS class, default is label.
protected void	writeMessage(String msg) Write the message to the page.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

requestContext

protected org.springframework.web.servlet.support.RequestContext requestContext

log

protected final transient org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

key

protected String key

styleClass

protected String styleClass

errorClass

protected String errorClass

colon

protected boolean colon

Constructor Detail

LabelTag

public LabelTag()

Method Detail

doStartTag

public int doStartTag()
               throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Specified by:

doStartTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

doStartTag in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

writeMessage

protected void writeMessage(String msg)
                     throws IOException

Write the message to the page.

Parameters:

msg - the message to write

Throws:

IOException - if writing failed

setKey

public void setKey(String key)

setColon

public void setColon(boolean colon)

Setter for specifying whether to include colon

setStyleClass

public void setStyleClass(String styleClass)

Setter for assigning a CSS class, default is label.

setErrorClass

public void setErrorClass(String errorClass)

Setter for assigning a CSS class when errors occur, defaults to labelError.

release

public void release()

Release all allocated resources.

Specified by:

release in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

release in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport