org.mortbay.html
Class TableForm

java.lang.Object
  org.mortbay.html.Element
      org.mortbay.html.Composite
          org.mortbay.html.Block
              org.mortbay.html.Form
                  org.mortbay.html.TableForm

public class TableForm
extends Form

A form laid out in a Table.

This class creates a form and lays out all the elements within a table. Each element added has a label part and a element part. The label is displayed in the form beside the element. All buttons are shown at the bottom.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Form

encodingMultipartForm, encodingWWWURL

Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Block

Bold, Center, Div, Italic, Left, Listing, Plain, Pre, Quote, Right, Span, Xmp

Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Composite

elements, nest

Fields inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Element

ALIGN, attributeMap, BGCOLOR, BOTTOM, CENTER, CLASS, COLOR, HEIGHT, ID, LEFT, MIDDLE, noAttributes, RIGHT, SIZE, STYLE, TOP, VALIGN, WIDTH

Constructor Summary

TableForm(String target)
Create a new TableForm.

Method Summary

Input	addButton(String tag, String label) Add a Submit Button.
void	addButtonArea()
void	addButtonArea(String label)
void	addButtonRow()
void	addCheckbox(String tag, String label, boolean checked)
void	addColumn() Create a new column in the form.
void	addColumn(int spacing) Create a new column in the form.
void	addField(String label, Element field) Add an arbitrary element to the table.
Input	addFileField(String tag, String label) Add a File Entry Field.
void	addHiddenField(String tag, String value) Add a hidden field.
void	addInfoField(String tag, String label, String value) Add an informational field which also passes the data as hidden.
void	addPassword(String tag, String label, int length) Add a password field.
void	addReset(String label) Add a reset button.
Select	addSelect(String tag, String label, boolean multiple, int size) Add a Select field.
Select	addSelect(String tag, String label, boolean multiple, int size, Enumeration values) Add a Select field initialised with fields.
void	addText(String label, String value) Add an informational section.
TextArea	addTextArea(String tag, String label, int width, int height, String value) Add a Text Area.
Input	addTextField(String tag, String label, int length, String value) Add a Text Entry Field.
void	buttonsAtBottom()
TableForm	extendRow() Extend the usage of the current row in the form.
void	newColumns() Add a new sections of columns.
void	newTable() Start using a new Table.
Table	outerTable() Get the internal table
void	setColumnSpan(int span) Set the column span of the current column.
Table	table() Get the internal table
void	useAttributes(String attr) Use the given attributes on the next addXXX
void	write(Writer out) Write the composite.

Methods inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Form

action, encoding, method, target

Methods inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Composite

add, contents, nest, replace, reset, setNest, size, unnest

Methods inherited from class org.mortbay.html.Element

attribute, attribute, attribute, attributes, attributes, bgColor, bottom, center, color, cssClass, cssID, height, height, height, left, middle, right, setAttributesFrom, size, size, style, top, toString, width, width, width, write, write

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TableForm

public TableForm(String target)

Create a new TableForm.

Parameters:

target - The target url to send the form contents to

Method Detail

addText

public void addText(String label,
                    String value)

Add an informational section.

addTextField

public Input addTextField(String tag,
                          String label,
                          int length,
                          String value)

Add a Text Entry Field.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addTextArea

public TextArea addTextArea(String tag,
                            String label,
                            int width,
                            int height,
                            String value)

Add a Text Area.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addFileField

public Input addFileField(String tag,
                          String label)

Add a File Entry Field.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addInfoField

public void addInfoField(String tag,
                         String label,
                         String value)

Add an informational field which also passes the data as hidden.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addHiddenField

public void addHiddenField(String tag,
                           String value)

Add a hidden field.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

addPassword

public void addPassword(String tag,
                        String label,
                        int length)

Add a password field.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addCheckbox

public void addCheckbox(String tag,
                        String label,
                        boolean checked)

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addSelect

public Select addSelect(String tag,
                        String label,
                        boolean multiple,
                        int size)

Add a Select field.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addSelect

public Select addSelect(String tag,
                        String label,
                        boolean multiple,
                        int size,
                        Enumeration values)

Add a Select field initialised with fields.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the element in the table.

addButtonArea

public void addButtonArea(String label)

addButtonArea

public void addButtonArea()

addButtonRow

public void addButtonRow()

buttonsAtBottom

public void buttonsAtBottom()

addButton

public Input addButton(String tag,
                       String label)

Add a Submit Button.

Parameters:

tag - The form name of the element

label - The label for the Button

addReset

public void addReset(String label)

Add a reset button.

Parameters:

label - The label for the element in the table.

useAttributes

public void useAttributes(String attr)

Use the given attributes on the next addXXX

table

public Table table()

Get the internal table

outerTable

public Table outerTable()

Get the internal table

extendRow

public TableForm extendRow()

Extend the usage of the current row in the form. The next element added will be added to the same row as the form and not have a label of it's own.

Returns:

TableForm, the this pointer so that users can write:

                    tableForm.extendRow().addField(...)

addField

public void addField(String label,
                     Element field)

Add an arbitrary element to the table.

Parameters:

label - The label for the element in the table.

addColumn

public void addColumn()

Create a new column in the form.

addColumn

public void addColumn(int spacing)

Create a new column in the form.

newColumns

public void newColumns()

Add a new sections of columns.

setColumnSpan

public void setColumnSpan(int span)

Set the column span of the current column. This call is needed for forms that have varying numbers of columns in different sections. NB. and column spacing counts as a column.

Parameters:

span -

newTable

public void newTable()

Start using a new Table. Anything added to the Composite parent of this object before this is called will be added between the two tables.

write

public void write(Writer out)
           throws IOException

Description copied from class: Composite

Write the composite. The default implementation writes the elements sequentially. May be overridden for more specialized behaviour.

Overrides:

write in class Form

Parameters:

out - Writer to write the element to.

Throws:

IOException