3.0.4/framework/src/org/apache/tapestry/IForm.java

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package org.apache.tapestry;

import org.apache.tapestry.form.FormEventType;
import org.apache.tapestry.form.IFormComponent;
import org.apache.tapestry.valid.IValidationDelegate;

/**
 *  A generic way to access a component which defines an HTML form.  This interface
 *  exists so that the {@link IRequestCycle} can invoke the
 *  {@link #rewind(IMarkupWriter, IRequestCycle)} method (which is used to deal with
 *  a Form that uses the direct service).  In release 1.0.5, more responsibility
 *  for forms was moved here.
 *
 *  @author Howard Lewis Ship
 *  @version $Id$
 *  @since 1.0.2
 **/

public interface IForm extends IAction
{

    /**
     *  Attribute name used with the request cycle; allows other components to locate
     *  the IForm.
     *
     *  @since 1.0.5
     * 
     **/

    public static final String ATTRIBUTE_NAME = "org.apache.tapestry.active.Form";

    /**
     *  Invoked by the {@link IRequestCycle} to allow a form that uses
     *  the direct service, to respond to the form submission.
     *
     **/

    public void rewind(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle);

    /**
     *  Adds an additional event handler.  The type determines when the
     *  handler will be invoked, {@link FormEventType#SUBMIT}
     *  is most typical.
     *
     * @since 1.0.5
     * 
     **/

    public void addEventHandler(FormEventType type, String functionName);

    /**
     *  Constructs a unique identifier (within the Form).  The identifier
     *  consists of the component's id, with an index number added to
     *  ensure uniqueness.
     *
     *  <p>Simply invokes {@link #getElementId(IFormComponent, String)} with the component's id.
     *
     *
     *  @since 1.0.5
     * 
     **/

    public String getElementId(IFormComponent component);

    /**
     *  Constructs a unique identifier from the base id.  If possible, the
     *  id is used as-is.  Otherwise, a unique identifier is appended
     *  to the id.
     *
     *  <p>This method is provided simply so that some components
     *  ({@link org.apache.tapestry.form.ImageSubmit}) have more specific control over
     *  their names.
     * 
     *  <p>Invokes {@link IFormComponent#setName(String)} with the result, as well
     *  as returning it.
     * 
     *  @throws StaleLinkException if, when the form itself is rewinding, the
     *  element id allocated does not match the expected id (as allocated when the form rendered).
     *  This indicates that the state of the application has changed between the time the
     *  form renderred and the time it was submitted.
     *
     *  @since 1.0.5
     *
     **/

    public String getElementId(IFormComponent component, String baseId);

    /**
     * Returns the name of the form.
     *
     *  @since 1.0.5
     *
     **/

    public String getName();

    /**
     *  Returns true if the form is rewinding (meaning, the form was the subject
     *  of the request cycle).
     *
     *  @since 1.0.5
     *
     **/

    public boolean isRewinding();

    /**
     *  Returns the validation delegate for the form.
     *  Returns null if the form does not have a delegate.
     * 
     *  @since 1.0.8
     * 
     **/

    public IValidationDelegate getDelegate();
    
    /**
     *  May be invoked by a component to force the encoding type of the
     *  form to a particular value.
     * 
     *  @see org.apache.tapestry.form.Upload
     *  @throws ApplicationRuntimeException if the current encoding type is not null
     *  and doesn't match the suggested encoding type
     *  @since 3.0
     * 
     **/
    
    public void setEncodingType(String encodingType);
    
    
    /**
     * Adds a hidden field value to be stored in the form. This ensures that all
     * of the &lt;input type="hidden"&gt; (or equivalent) are grouped together, 
     * which ensures that the output HTML is valid (ie. doesn't 
     * have &lt;input&gt; improperly nested with &lt;tr&gt;, etc.).
     * 
     * <p>
     * It is acceptible to add multiple hidden fields with the same name.
     * They will be written in the order they are received.
     * 
     * @since 3.0
     */

	public void addHiddenValue(String name, String value);

	/**
	 * Adds a hidden field value to be stored in the form. This ensures that all
	 * of the &lt;input type="hidden"&gt; (or equivalent) are grouped together, 
	 * which ensures that the output HTML is valid (ie. doesn't 
	 * have &lt;input&gt; improperly nested with &lt;tr&gt;, etc.).
	 * 
	 * <p>
	 * It is acceptible to add multiple hidden fields with the same name.
	 * They will be written in the order they are received.
	 * 
	 * @since 3.0
	 */

	public void addHiddenValue(String name, String id, String value);
}