org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation
Class ViewAttributeValueReader

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.BaseAttributeValueReader
      org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.ViewAttributeValueReader

All Implemented Interfaces:

AttributeValueReader

public class ViewAttributeValueReader
extends BaseAttributeValueReader

AttributeValueReader which can read the correct values from all InputFields which exist on the View

Author:

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

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.BaseAttributeValueReader

attributeName, entryName

Constructor Summary

ViewAttributeValueReader(View view, Object form)
Constructor for ViewAttributeValueReader, the View must already be indexed and the InputFields must have already be initialized for this reader to work properly

Method Summary

AttributeValueReader	clone() Cones this AttributeValueReader
Constrainable	getDefinition(String attributeName) Gets the definition which is an InputField on the View/Page
List<Constrainable>	getDefinitions() Gets all InputFields (which extend Constrainable)
Constrainable	getEntry() Not used for this reader, returns null
String	getLabel(String attributeName) Returns the label associated with the InputField which has that AttributeName
Object	getObject() Returns the View object
String	getPath() Returns current attributeName which represents the path
Class<?>	getType(String attributeName) Gets the type of value for this AttributeName as represented on the Form
<X> X	getValue() Return value of the field for the attributeName currently set on this reader
<X> X	getValue(String attributeName) Return value of the field for the attributeName passed in
boolean	isReadable() If the current attribute being evaluated is a field of an addLine return false because it should not be evaluated during Validation.

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validation.BaseAttributeValueReader

getAttributeName, getCleanSearchableValues, getEntryName, setAttributeName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ViewAttributeValueReader

public ViewAttributeValueReader(View view,
                                Object form)

Constructor for ViewAttributeValueReader, the View must already be indexed and the InputFields must have already be initialized for this reader to work properly

Parameters:

view - the View to validate

form - model object representing the View's form data

Method Detail

getDefinition

public Constrainable getDefinition(String attributeName)

Gets the definition which is an InputField on the View/Page

Parameters:

attributeName - - the name of the attribute/field whose metadata is being requested

Returns:

dictionary metadata object implementing some constrainable capability

getDefinitions

public List<Constrainable> getDefinitions()

Gets all InputFields (which extend Constrainable)

Returns:

getLabel

public String getLabel(String attributeName)

Returns the label associated with the InputField which has that AttributeName

Parameters:

attributeName -

Returns:

getObject

public Object getObject()

Returns the View object

Returns:

view set in the constructor

getEntry

public Constrainable getEntry()

Not used for this reader, returns null

Returns:

null

getPath

public String getPath()

Returns current attributeName which represents the path

Returns:

attributeName set on this reader

getType

public Class<?> getType(String attributeName)

Gets the type of value for this AttributeName as represented on the Form

Parameters:

attributeName -

Returns:

isReadable

public boolean isReadable()

If the current attribute being evaluated is a field of an addLine return false because it should not be evaluated during Validation.

Returns:

false if InputField is part of an addLine for a collection, true otherwise

getValue

public <X> X getValue()
           throws AttributeValidationException

Return value of the field for the attributeName currently set on this reader

Type Parameters:

X - return type

Returns:

value of the field for the attributeName currently set on this reader

Throws:

AttributeValidationException

getValue

public <X> X getValue(String attributeName)
           throws AttributeValidationException

Return value of the field for the attributeName passed in

Type Parameters:

X - return type

Parameters:

attributeName - name (which represents a path) of the value to be retrieved on the Form

Returns:

value of that attributeName represents on the form

Throws:

AttributeValidationException

clone

public AttributeValueReader clone()

Cones this AttributeValueReader

Specified by:

clone in interface AttributeValueReader

Specified by:

clone in class BaseAttributeValueReader

Returns:

AttributeValueReader