Package com.day.cq.wcm.foundation.forms

Class FieldHelper

java.lang.Object

com.day.cq.wcm.foundation.forms.FieldHelper

public class FieldHelper
extends Object

Helper class for the field components.

Since:

5.3

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	addDescription(SlingHttpServletRequest req, FieldDescription desc)	Add a field description for the field.
static void	checkConstraint(SlingHttpServletRequest request, SlingHttpServletResponse response, FieldDescription desc)	Convenience method to check the constraint of a field element.
static boolean	checkRequired(SlingHttpServletRequest request, FieldDescription desc)	Convenience method to check the required flag of a field element.
static FieldDescription	createDefaultDescription(SlingHttpServletRequest req, Resource rsrc)	Create a default field description for the field.
static String	getClientFieldQualifier(SlingHttpServletRequest request, FieldDescription desc)	Get the full qualified path to the field to be used in client java script.
static String	getClientFieldQualifier(SlingHttpServletRequest request, FieldDescription desc, String suffix)	Get the full qualified path to a suffixed field (e.g.
static FieldDescription	getConstraintFieldDescription(SlingHttpServletRequest req)	Return the current field description.
static String	getConstraintMessage(FieldDescription desc, SlingHttpServletRequest request)	Return the error message for the constraint of the field.
static FieldDescription[]	getFieldDescriptions(SlingHttpServletRequest req, Resource rsrc)	Return all field descriptions associated with this field.
static void	initializeField(SlingHttpServletRequest req, SlingHttpServletResponse res, Resource rsrc)	Call the initialize script for the field.
static void	writeClientConstraintCheck(SlingHttpServletRequest request, SlingHttpServletResponse response, FieldDescription desc)	Write the client java script code to check a constraint on form submit.
static void	writeClientRegexpText(SlingHttpServletRequest request, SlingHttpServletResponse response, FieldDescription desc, String regexp)	Write client regexp text.
static void	writeClientRequiredCheck(SlingHttpServletRequest request, SlingHttpServletResponse response, FieldDescription desc)	Write the client java script code to check a required field on form submit.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createDefaultDescription

public static FieldDescription createDefaultDescription(SlingHttpServletRequest req,
                                                        Resource rsrc)

Create a default field description for the field. This methods creates a new field description via FieldDescription(Resource) and associates this with the resource. If this method is invoked twice for the same resource and request combination, the default description is added twice as well!

Parameters:

req - The current request.

rsrc - The field resource.

Returns:

The new field description.

addDescription

public static void addDescription(SlingHttpServletRequest req,
                                  FieldDescription desc)

Add a field description for the field.

Parameters:

req - The current request.

desc - The new field description.

getFieldDescriptions

public static FieldDescription[] getFieldDescriptions(SlingHttpServletRequest req,
                                                      Resource rsrc)

Return all field descriptions associated with this field.

Parameters:

req - The current request.

rsrc - The field resource.

Returns:

The descriptions for this field.

initializeField

public static void initializeField(SlingHttpServletRequest req,
                                   SlingHttpServletResponse res,
                                   Resource rsrc)
                            throws ServletException,
                                   IOException

Call the initialize script for the field.

Parameters:

req - The current request.

res - The current response.

rsrc - The field resource.

Throws:

ServletException - if given resource can not be included

IOException - if given resource can not be included

getClientFieldQualifier

public static String getClientFieldQualifier(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                             FieldDescription desc)

Get the full qualified path to the field to be used in client java script.

Parameters:

request - request

desc - description

Returns:

path to the field

getClientFieldQualifier

public static String getClientFieldQualifier(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                             FieldDescription desc,
                                             String suffix)

Get the full qualified path to a suffixed field (e.g. @Write) to be used in client java script.

Parameters:

request - The request

desc - The field description

suffix - The suffix

Returns:

The qualified path

Since:

5.5

getConstraintFieldDescription

public static FieldDescription getConstraintFieldDescription(SlingHttpServletRequest req)

Return the current field description. This method can be used by constraints to get the current field description.

Parameters:

req - request

Returns:

The current field description.

writeClientRequiredCheck

public static void writeClientRequiredCheck(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                            SlingHttpServletResponse response,
                                            FieldDescription desc)
                                     throws IOException

Write the client java script code to check a required field on form submit.

Parameters:

request - request

response - response

desc - field description

Throws:

IOException - if write caused an error

getConstraintMessage

public static String getConstraintMessage(FieldDescription desc,
                                          SlingHttpServletRequest request)

Return the error message for the constraint of the field. If the field description has a constraint message, this message is used, if not a default constraint message is looked up from the constraint resource. If no such message is available, "Field is not valid" is used as the message.

Parameters:

desc - The field description.

request - The current request.

Returns:

The constraint error message.

writeClientRegexpText

public static void writeClientRegexpText(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                         SlingHttpServletResponse response,
                                         FieldDescription desc,
                                         String regexp)
                                  throws IOException

Write client regexp text.

Parameters:

request - request

response - response

desc - field description

regexp - regexp text

Throws:

IOException - if write caused an error

writeClientConstraintCheck

public static void writeClientConstraintCheck(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                              SlingHttpServletResponse response,
                                              FieldDescription desc)
                                       throws IOException,
                                              ServletException

Write the client java script code to check a constraint on form submit.

Parameters:

request - request

response - response

desc - field description

Throws:

IOException - if write caused an error

ServletException - if write caused an error

checkConstraint

public static void checkConstraint(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                   SlingHttpServletResponse response,
                                   FieldDescription desc)
                            throws IOException,
                                   ServletException

Convenience method to check the constraint of a field element. If the field has a constraint and is not empty, the constraint is checked.

Parameters:

request - The current request.

response - The current response.

desc - The field description.

Throws:

IOException - if check caused an error

ServletException - if check caused an error

checkRequired

public static boolean checkRequired(SlingHttpServletRequest request,
                                    FieldDescription desc)

Convenience method to check the required flag of a field element.

Parameters:

request - The current element.

desc - The field description.

Returns:

true if check passed.