org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.util
Class ScriptUtils

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.krad.uif.util.ScriptUtils

public class ScriptUtils
extends Object

Utility class for generating JavaScript

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Constructor Summary

ScriptUtils()

Method Summary

static String	convertStringListToJsArray(List<String> list) Converts a list of string to a valid js string array
static String	convertToJsValue(String value) Convert a string to a javascript value - especially for use for options used to initialize widgets such as the tree and rich table
static List<String>	escapeHtml(List<String> strings) escape an array of strings
static String	escapeHtml(String string) escapes a string using StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(String)
static String	escapeName(String name) Escapes the ' character present in collection names so it can be properly used in js without causing javascript errors due to an early completion of a ' string.
static String	translateValue(Object value) Translates an Object to a String for representing the given Object as a JavaScript value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ScriptUtils

public ScriptUtils()

Method Detail

translateValue

public static String translateValue(Object value)

Translates an Object to a String for representing the given Object as a JavaScript value

Handles null, List, Map, and Set collections, along with non quoting for numeric and boolean types. Complex types are treated as a String value using toString

Parameters:

value - - Object instance to translate

Returns:

String JS value

convertToJsValue

public static String convertToJsValue(String value)

Convert a string to a javascript value - especially for use for options used to initialize widgets such as the tree and rich table

Parameters:

value - - the string to be converted

Returns:

- the converted value

escapeName

public static String escapeName(String name)

Escapes the ' character present in collection names so it can be properly used in js without causing javascript errors due to an early completion of a ' string.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

convertStringListToJsArray

public static String convertStringListToJsArray(List<String> list)

Converts a list of string to a valid js string array

Parameters:

list - - list of Strings to be converted

Returns:

String representing the js array

escapeHtml

public static String escapeHtml(String string)

escapes a string using StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml(String)

The apostrophe character is included as StringEscapeUtils#escapeHtml(String) does not consider it a legal entity.

Parameters:

string - - the string to be escaped

Returns:

- the escaped string - useful for embedding in server side generated JS scripts

escapeHtml

public static List<String> escapeHtml(List<String> strings)

escape an array of strings

Parameters:

strings - - an array of strings to escape

Returns:

- the array, with the strings escaped