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1   /**
2    * Copyright 2005-2011 The Kuali Foundation
3    *
4    * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
9    *
10   * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   * limitations under the License.
15   */
16  package org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.field;
17  
18  import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
19  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.UifConstants.Position;
20  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Component;
21  import org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.view.View;
22  
23  import java.util.List;
24  
25  /**
26   * Contains a label for another <code>Field</code> instance
27   *
28   * <p>
29   * The <code>LabelField</code> exists so that the label can be placed separate
30   * from the component in a layout manager such as the
31   * <code>GridLayoutManager</code>. It addition it can be used to style the label
32   * (from the inherited styleClass and style properties)
33   * </p>
34   * 
35   * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)
36   */
37  public class LabelField extends FieldBase {
38      private static final long serialVersionUID = -6491546893195180114L;
39  
40      private String labelText;
41      private String labelForComponentId;
42  
43      private boolean renderColon;
44  
45      private Position requiredMessagePlacement;
46      private MessageField requiredMessageField;
47  
48      public LabelField() {
49          renderColon = true;
50  
51          requiredMessagePlacement = Position.LEFT;
52      }
53  
54      /**
55  	 * The following finalization is performed:
56  	 *
57  	 * <ul>
58  	 * <li>If label text is blank, set render to false for field</li>
59  	 *
60  	 * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.ComponentBase#performFinalize(org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.view.View,
61  	 *      java.lang.Object, org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.Component)
62  	 */
63      @Override
64      public void performFinalize(View view, Object model, Component parent) {
65          super.performFinalize(view, model, parent);
66  
67          if (StringUtils.isBlank(getLabelText())) {
68              setRender(false);
69          }
70      }
71  
72      /**
73       * @see org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.component.ComponentBase#getComponentsForLifecycle()
74       */
75      @Override
76      public List<Component> getComponentsForLifecycle() {
77          List<Component> components = super.getComponentsForLifecycle();
78  
79          components.add(requiredMessageField);
80  
81          return components;
82      }
83  
84      /**
85       * Indicates the id for the component the label applies to
86       * <p>
87       * Used for setting the labelFor attribute of the corresponding HTML
88       * element. Note this gets set automatically by the framework during the
89       * initialize phase
90       * </p>
91       * 
92       * @return String component id
93       */
94      public String getLabelForComponentId() {
95          return this.labelForComponentId;
96      }
97  
98      /**
99       * Setter for the component id the label applies to
100      * 
101      * @param labelForComponentId
102      */
103     public void setLabelForComponentId(String labelForComponentId) {
104         this.labelForComponentId = labelForComponentId;
105     }
106 
107     /**
108      * Text that will display as the label
109      * 
110      * @return String label text
111      */
112     public String getLabelText() {
113         return this.labelText;
114     }
115 
116     /**
117      * Setter for the label text
118      * 
119      * @param labelText
120      */
121     public void setLabelText(String labelText) {
122         this.labelText = labelText;
123     }
124 
125     /**
126      * Indicates whether a colon should be rendered after the label text,
127      * generally used when the label appears to the left of the field's control
128      * or value
129      * 
130      * @return boolean true if a colon should be rendered, false if it should
131      *         not be
132      */
133     public boolean isRenderColon() {
134         return this.renderColon;
135     }
136 
137     /**
138      * Setter for the render colon indicator
139      * 
140      * @param renderColon
141      */
142     public void setRenderColon(boolean renderColon) {
143         this.renderColon = renderColon;
144     }
145 
146     /**
147      * <code>MessageField</code> instance that will display a required indicator
148      * 
149      * <p>
150      * To indicate a field must have a value (required input) the required
151      * message field can be set to display an indicator or message along with
152      * the label. The message field also dictates the styling of the required
153      * message
154      * </p>
155      * 
156      * @return MessageField instance
157      */
158     public MessageField getRequiredMessageField() {
159         return this.requiredMessageField;
160     }
161 
162     /**
163      * Setter for the required message field
164      * 
165      * @param requiredMessageField
166      */
167     public void setRequiredMessageField(MessageField requiredMessageField) {
168         this.requiredMessageField = requiredMessageField;
169     }
170 
171     /**
172      * Indicates where the required message field should be placed in relation
173      * to the label field, valid options are 'LEFT' and 'RIGHT'
174      * 
175      * @return Position the requiredMessage placement
176      */
177     public Position getRequiredMessagePlacement() {
178         return this.requiredMessagePlacement;
179     }
180 
181     /**
182      * Setter for the required message field placement
183      * 
184      * @param requiredMessagePlacement
185      */
186     public void setRequiredMessagePlacement(Position requiredMessagePlacement) {
187         this.requiredMessagePlacement = requiredMessagePlacement;
188     }
189 
190 }