org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form
Class Button

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.wicket.Component
      org.apache.wicket.MarkupContainer
          org.apache.wicket.markup.html.WebMarkupContainer
              org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.LabeledWebMarkupContainer
                  org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.FormComponent<String>
                      org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.Button

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, IClusterable, IConverterLocator, IFormModelUpdateListener, IFormSubmittingComponent, IFormVisitorParticipant, ILabelProvider<String>

Direct Known Subclasses:

AjaxButton, AjaxFallbackButton, ImageButton

public class Button
extends FormComponent<String>
implements IFormSubmittingComponent

A form button.

Within a form, you can nest Button components. Note that you don't have to do this to let the form work (a simple <input type="submit".. suffices), but if you want to have different kinds of submit behavior it might be a good idea to use Buttons.

The model property is used to set the "value" attribute. It will thus be the label of the button that shows up for end users. If you want the attribute to keep it's markup attribute value, don't provide a model, or let it return an empty string.

When you add a Wicket Button to a form, and that button is clicked, by default the button's onSubmit method is called first, and after that the form's onSubmit method is called. If you want to change this (e.g. you don't want to call the form's onSubmit method, or you want it called before the button's onSubmit method), you can override Form.delegateSubmit.

One other option you should know of is the 'defaultFormProcessing' property of Button components. When you set this to false (default is true), all validation and formupdating is bypassed and the onSubmit method of that button is called directly, and the onSubmit method of the parent form is not called. A common use for this is to create a cancel button.

Author:

Jonathan Locke, Eelco Hillenius

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.FormComponent

FormComponent.AbstractVisitor, FormComponent.IVisitor

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.apache.wicket.Component

Component.ComponentModelChange, Component.EnabledChange, Component.VisibilityChange

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.FormComponent

FLAG_CONVERT_EMPTY_INPUT_STRING_TO_NULL, VALUE_SEPARATOR

Fields inherited from class org.apache.wicket.Component

ENABLE, FLAG_CONFIGURED, FLAG_INITIALIZED, FLAG_REMOVING_FROM_HIERARCHY, FLAG_RESERVED1, FLAG_RESERVED2, FLAG_RESERVED3, FLAG_RESERVED4, FLAG_RESERVED5, FLAG_RESERVED6, FLAG_RESERVED7, FLAG_RESERVED8, PATH_SEPARATOR, RENDER

Constructor Summary

Button(String id)
Constructor without a model.

Button(String id, IModel<String> model)
Constructor taking an model for rendering the 'label' of the button (the value attribute of the input/button tag).

Method Summary

boolean	getDefaultFormProcessing() Gets the defaultFormProcessing property.
protected String	getOnClickScript() Gets any script that should rendered as the "onclick" attribute of the button.
protected IModel<String>	initModel() Override of the default initModel behaviour.
protected void	onComponentTag(ComponentTag tag) Processes the component tag.
void	onSubmit() Override this method to provide special submit handling in a multi-button form.
Button	setDefaultFormProcessing(boolean defaultFormProcessing) Sets the defaultFormProcessing property.
void	updateModel() This method does nothing, as any model of a button is only used to display the button's label (by setting it's markup attribute "value").

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.FormComponent

add, add, checkRequired, clearInput, convertInput, convertValue, error, getConvertedInput, getForm, getInput, getInputAsArray, getInputName, getModel, getModelObject, getModelValue, getRawInput, getType, getValidatorKeyPrefix, getValidators, getValue, hasRawInput, inputAsInt, inputAsInt, inputAsIntArray, inputChanged, internalOnModelChanged, invalid, isInputNullable, isMultiPart, isPersistent, isRequired, isValid, newValidatable, onDetach, onDisabled, onInvalid, onValid, processChildren, processInput, setConvertedInput, setLabel, setModel, setModelObject, setModelValue, setModelValue, setPersistent, setRequired, setType, shouldTrimInput, supportsPersistence, trim, valid, validate, validateRequired, validateValidators, visitComponentsPostOrder, visitFormComponentsPostOrder

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.LabeledWebMarkupContainer

getLabel, setLabelInternal

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.markup.html.WebMarkupContainer

getMarkupType, getWebPage, getWebRequest

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.MarkupContainer

add, addOrReplace, autoAdd, autoAdd, contains, findMarkupStream, get, get, getAssociatedMarkupStream, getMarkupStream, hasAssociatedMarkup, internalAdd, isTransparentResolver, iterator, iterator, newMarkupResourceStream, onComponentTagBody, onRender, remove, remove, removeAll, renderAll, renderAssociatedMarkup, renderComponentTagBody, renderNext, replace, setDefaultModel, setMarkupStream, size, swap, toString, toString, visitChildren, visitChildren

Methods inherited from class org.apache.wicket.Component

add, addStateChange, afterRender, beforeRender, callOnBeforeRenderIfNotVisible, checkComponentTag, checkComponentTagAttribute, checkHierarchyChange, configure, continueToOriginalDestination, debug, detach, detachBehaviors, detachModel, detachModels, determineVisibility, error, exceptionMessage, fatal, findPage, findParent, findParentWithAssociatedMarkup, getApplication, getBehaviors, getBehaviors, getBehaviorsRawList, getClassRelativePath, getComponentBorder, getConverter, getConverter, getDefaultModel, getDefaultModelObject, getDefaultModelObjectAsString, getDefaultModelObjectAsString, getEscapeModelStrings, getFeedbackMessage, getFlag, getFlag, getId, getInnermostModel, getInnermostModel, getLocale, getLocalizer, getMarkupAttributes, getMarkupId, getMarkupId, getMarkupIdImpl, getMetaData, getModelComparator, getOutputMarkupId, getOutputMarkupPlaceholderTag, getPage, getPageRelativePath, getParent, getPath, getRenderBodyOnly, getRequest, getRequestCycle, getResponse, getSession, getSizeInBytes, getStatelessHint, getString, getString, getString, getStyle, getVariation, hasBeenRendered, hasErrorMessage, hasFeedbackMessage, info, internalAttach, internalDetach, internalOnAttach, internalOnDetach, isActionAuthorized, isAncestorOf, isAttached, isBehaviorAccepted, isEnableAllowed, isEnabled, isEnabledInHierarchy, isIgnoreAttributeModifier, isRenderAllowed, isStateless, isVersioned, isVisibilityAllowed, isVisible, isVisibleInHierarchy, locateMarkupStream, markAttached, markRendering, modelChanged, modelChanging, onAfterRender, onAttach, onBeforeRender, onBeginRequest, onConfigure, onEndRequest, onInitialize, onModelChanged, onModelChanging, onRemove, prepareForRender, prepareForRender, redirectToInterceptPage, remove, remove, render, render, renderComponent, renderComponent, renderComponentTag, rendered, renderHead, renderPlaceholderTag, replaceComponentTagBody, replaceWith, sameInnermostModel, sameInnermostModel, setAuto, setComponentBorder, setDefaultModelObject, setEnabled, setEscapeModelStrings, setFlag, setFlag, setIgnoreAttributeModifier, setMarkupId, setMarkupIdImpl, setMetaData, setOutputMarkupId, setOutputMarkupPlaceholderTag, setRedirect, setRenderBodyOnly, setResponsePage, setResponsePage, setResponsePage, setVersioned, setVisibilityAllowed, setVisible, urlFor, urlFor, urlFor, urlFor, urlFor, urlFor, visitParents, warn, wrap

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.IFormSubmittingComponent

getForm, getInputName

Constructor Detail

Button

public Button(String id)

Constructor without a model. Buttons without models leave the markup attribute "value". Provide a model if you want to set the button's label dynamically.

See Also:

Component.Component(String)

Button

public Button(String id,
              IModel<String> model)

Constructor taking an model for rendering the 'label' of the button (the value attribute of the input/button tag). Use a StringResourceModel for a localized value.

Parameters:

id - Component id

model - The model property is used to set the "value" attribute. It will thus be the label of the button that shows up for end users. If you want the attribute to keep it's markup attribute value, don't provide a model, or let it return an empty string.

Method Detail

initModel

protected IModel<String> initModel()

Override of the default initModel behaviour. This component will not use any compound model a parent, but only a model that is explicitly set.

Overrides:

initModel in class Component

Returns:

The model

See Also:

Component.initModel()

getDefaultFormProcessing

public final boolean getDefaultFormProcessing()

Gets the defaultFormProcessing property. When false (default is true), all validation and formupdating is bypassed and the onSubmit method of that button is called directly, and the onSubmit method of the parent form is not called. A common use for this is to create a cancel button.

Specified by:

getDefaultFormProcessing in interface IFormSubmittingComponent

Returns:

defaultFormProcessing

setDefaultFormProcessing

public final Button setDefaultFormProcessing(boolean defaultFormProcessing)

Sets the defaultFormProcessing property. When false (default is true), all validation and form updating is bypassed and the onSubmit method of that button is called directly, and the onSubmit method of the parent form is not called. A common use for this is to create a cancel button.

Parameters:

defaultFormProcessing - defaultFormProcessing

Returns:

This

updateModel

public void updateModel()

This method does nothing, as any model of a button is only used to display the button's label (by setting it's markup attribute "value").

Specified by:

updateModel in interface IFormModelUpdateListener

Overrides:

updateModel in class FormComponent<String>

See Also:

FormComponent.updateModel()

getOnClickScript

protected String getOnClickScript()

Gets any script that should rendered as the "onclick" attribute of the button. Returns null by default, override this method to provide any script.

Returns:

Any onClick JavaScript that should be used, returns null by default

onComponentTag

protected void onComponentTag(ComponentTag tag)

Processes the component tag. A value attribute is added with the value of the model object, if available. An onclick attribute is added if the subclass specified javascript.

NOTE. For a <button> the value attribute is not rendered, markup needs to be added within the button to display the button's label.

Overrides:

onComponentTag in class FormComponent<String>

Parameters:

tag - Tag to modify

See Also:

Component.onComponentTag(ComponentTag)

onSubmit

public void onSubmit()

Override this method to provide special submit handling in a multi-button form. It is called whenever the user clicks this particular button, except if validation fails.

Specified by:

onSubmit in interface IFormSubmittingComponent