org.davesag.generica.servlet.form
Class GenericForm

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
      org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm
          org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm
              org.davesag.generica.servlet.form.GenericForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

DynaBean, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

UploadForm, UserProfileForm

public class GenericForm

extends DynaValidatorForm

The GenericForm is used as a general purpose data carrier that passes off the actual work of form population to a FormController specified in the ActionMapping parameter. The ActionMapping parameter must contain params
pipe= somepipename;form-controller= eg.classname

Since:

Generica 1.0

Version:

CVS Revision $Id: GenericForm.java,v 1.8 2004/03/30 10:12:58 norm Exp $

Author:

Dave Sag http://www.davesag.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm

page, validatorResults

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm

dynaClass, dynaValues

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

multipartRequestHandler, servlet

Constructor Summary

GenericForm()

Method Summary

FormController	getController(String controllerclass) Gets the FormController to be used by this form.
FormController	getController(String controllerclass, HttpServletRequest request) Gets the FormController to be used by this form.
void	reset(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) resets the form details based on the preloaded object in the Pipe.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.validator.DynaValidatorForm

getPage, getResultValueMap, getValidatorResults, log, log, setPage, setValidatorResults, validate

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.DynaActionForm

contains, get, get, get, getDynaClass, getDynaProperty, getMap, initialize, isDynaAssignable, remove, reset, set, set, set, toString

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

getMultipartRequestHandler, getServlet, getServletWrapper, setMultipartRequestHandler, setServlet, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.beanutils.DynaBean

contains, get, get, get, getDynaClass, remove, set, set, set

Constructor Detail

GenericForm

public GenericForm()

Method Detail

reset

public void reset(ActionMapping mapping,
                  HttpServletRequest request)

resets the form details based on the preloaded object in the Pipe.

Parameters:

mapping - - used to get the form name, and thus load the correct Pipe.

request - - used to access the session.

getController

public FormController getController(String controllerclass)
                             throws ClassNotFoundException

Gets the FormController to be used by this form.

Parameters:

controllerclass - The fully qualified class name of the FormController.

Returns:

The FormController.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the controllerclass can not be instantiated.

getController

public FormController getController(String controllerclass,
                                    HttpServletRequest request)
                             throws ClassNotFoundException

Gets the FormController to be used by this form.

Parameters:

controllerclass - The fully qualified class name of the FormController.

request - The Servlet Request.

Returns:

The FormController.

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the controllerclass can not be instantiated.