org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.configurable.mvc
Class LayoutController

java.lang.Object
  com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject
      com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget
          com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite
              org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.Controller
                  org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.configurable.mvc.LayoutController

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.google.gwt.event.logical.shared.HasAttachHandlers, com.google.gwt.event.shared.HasHandlers, com.google.gwt.user.client.EventListener, com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IsWidget, ViewLayoutController, BreadcrumbSupport, HistorySupport, View, ReportExport

Direct Known Subclasses:

ApplicationController, BasicLayout, BasicLayoutWithContentHeader, CurriculumHomeController, HomeController, MenuSectionController, TabbedSectionLayout, TabMenuController

public abstract class LayoutController
extends Controller
implements ViewLayoutController, View

The LayoutController is a central piece of the UIF. This controller is also itself a view. As such, LayoutControllers can also have other LayoutControllers as their views.

Author:

Kuali Student Team

See Also:

Controller

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject.DebugIdImpl, com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject.DebugIdImplEnabled

Field Summary

protected Enum<?>	defaultView
protected String	name
protected View	startPopupView
protected KSLightBox	startViewWindow
protected Map<String,Enum<?>>	viewEnumMap
protected Map<Enum<?>,View>	viewMap
protected Enum<?>	viewType

Fields inherited from class org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.Controller

context, NO_OP_CALLBACK, parentController

Fields inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

DEBUG_ID_PREFIX

Fields inherited from interface org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.reporting.ReportExport

exportTemplateName

Constructor Summary

LayoutController()
Constructor Sets up event handlers fro section update events and validation request events.

Method Summary

void	addStartViewPopup(View view) Creates a popup window with the view, that can be shown when needed for additional information needed from the user
void	addView(View view) Add a view to this LayoutController.
com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget	asWidget() Get the attachable widget which represents this view
boolean	beforeHide() Called by the controller before the view is hidden to allow the view to perform cleanup or request confirmation from the user, etc.
void	beforeShow(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback) Default implementation does nothing on before show.
void	beforeViewChange(Enum<?> viewChangingTo, Callback<Boolean> okToChange) This particular implementation of beforeViewChange checks to see if all its view contains a Controller and if it does checks with that controller to see if it is ok to change the view.
ValidationResult.ErrorLevel	checkForErrors(List<ValidationResultInfo> list) Check to see if the list of validation results have an error.
void	clear() Can be called to reset a view to a cleared state.
protected void	clearAllWarnings() This clears all warnings that currently displayed on all fields and sections.
void	collectBreadcrumbNames(List<String> names) Adds a human readable name(s) to the list passed in for use in the breadcrumb
static LayoutController	findParentLayout(com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget w) Finds the first parent LayoutController of this LayoutController, returns null if this is the top level LayoutController.
Controller	getController() Returns the controller associated with the view
Enum<?>	getDefaultView()
String	getName() Returns the view's name
KSLightBox	getStartPopup()
View	getStartPopupView()
<V extends Enum<?>> void	getView(V viewType, Callback<View> callback) Returns the view associated with the specified enum value.
Enum<?>	getViewEnum()
Enum<?>	getViewEnumValue(String enumValue)
boolean	isExportButtonActive() This method needs to be implemented only on views that want the export button to display.
boolean	isStartViewShowing()
boolean	isValid(List<ValidationResultInfo> validationResults, boolean checkCurrentSectionOnly) Check to see if current/all section(s) is valid (ie.
boolean	isValid(List<ValidationResultInfo> validationResults, boolean checkCurrentSectionOnly, boolean allFields)
void	setController(Controller controller)
<V extends Enum<?>> void	setDefaultView(V viewType) Set the view with the viewType enum passed in to the be the default view.
void	setName(String name) Sets the name of this LayoutController.
void	setViewEnum(Enum<?> viewType)
void	showDefaultView(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback) Shows the default view.
void	showExport(boolean show)
void	showFirstView(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback) Show the view that was the first one added and will likely be the first one in a layout's menu, for example.
void	showStartPopup(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback)
protected void	showWarnings() Shows warnings stored to the application context (i.e: dark-yellow highlighting of conflicts during review of a Course Proposal)
abstract void	updateModel() Updates the model with information from this view.
void	updateModelFromCurrentView() Update a the model from the view that is currently being shown by this controller
void	updateModelFromView(Enum<?> viewType) Update the model with a single views information

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.Controller

addApplicationEventHandler, collectHistory, doReportExport, findController, fireApplicationEvent, fireNavigationEvent, getCurrentView, getCurrentViewEnum, getDefaultModelId, getExportDataModel, getExportElementsFromView, getExportTemplateName, getHistoryToken, getParentController, getView, getViewContext, hideView, onHistoryEvent, registerModel, renderView, requestModel, requestModel, requestModel, resetCurrentView, setCurrentViewEnum, setDefaultModelId, setParentController, setViewContext, showView, showView

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite

getWidget, initWidget, isAttached, onAttach, onBrowserEvent, onDetach, setWidget

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget

addAttachHandler, addBitlessDomHandler, addDomHandler, addHandler, asWidgetOrNull, createHandlerManager, delegateEvent, doAttachChildren, doDetachChildren, fireEvent, getHandlerCount, getLayoutData, getParent, isOrWasAttached, onLoad, onUnload, removeFromParent, setLayoutData, sinkEvents

Methods inherited from class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.UIObject

addStyleDependentName, addStyleName, ensureDebugId, ensureDebugId, ensureDebugId, getAbsoluteLeft, getAbsoluteTop, getElement, getOffsetHeight, getOffsetWidth, getStyleElement, getStyleName, getStyleName, getStylePrimaryName, getStylePrimaryName, getTitle, isVisible, isVisible, onEnsureDebugId, removeStyleDependentName, removeStyleName, setElement, setElement, setHeight, setPixelSize, setSize, setStyleDependentName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStyleName, setStylePrimaryName, setStylePrimaryName, setTitle, setVisible, setVisible, setWidth, sinkBitlessEvent, toString, unsinkEvents

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.configurable.mvc.layouts.ViewLayoutController

showView

Methods inherited from interface org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.history.HistorySupport

collectHistory, onHistoryEvent

Field Detail

viewMap

protected Map<Enum<?>,View> viewMap

viewEnumMap

protected Map<String,Enum<?>> viewEnumMap

defaultView

protected Enum<?> defaultView

name

protected String name

viewType

protected Enum<?> viewType

startPopupView

protected View startPopupView

startViewWindow

protected KSLightBox startViewWindow

Constructor Detail

LayoutController

public LayoutController()

Constructor Sets up event handlers fro section update events and validation request events.

Method Detail

checkForErrors

public ValidationResult.ErrorLevel checkForErrors(List<ValidationResultInfo> list)

Check to see if the list of validation results have an error.

Parameters:

list -

Returns:

findParentLayout

public static LayoutController findParentLayout(com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget w)

Finds the first parent LayoutController of this LayoutController, returns null if this is the top level LayoutController.

Parameters:

w -

Returns:

addStartViewPopup

public void addStartViewPopup(View view)

Description copied from interface: ViewLayoutController

Creates a popup window with the view, that can be shown when needed for additional information needed from the user

Specified by:

addStartViewPopup in interface ViewLayoutController

See Also:

ViewLayoutController.addStartViewPopup(org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.View)

isStartViewShowing

public boolean isStartViewShowing()

Returns:

true if the start popup is showing

getStartPopupView

public View getStartPopupView()

showStartPopup

public void showStartPopup(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback)

getStartPopup

public KSLightBox getStartPopup()

addView

public void addView(View view)

Description copied from interface: ViewLayoutController

Add a view to this LayoutController. A view's "key" is defined by its viewType enumeration.

Specified by:

addView in interface ViewLayoutController

See Also:

ViewLayoutController.addView(org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.View)

setDefaultView

public <V extends Enum<?>> void setDefaultView(V viewType)

Description copied from interface: ViewLayoutController

Set the view with the viewType enum passed in to the be the default view. What the default view does varies on controller implementation, but will likely be the first view visible.

Specified by:

setDefaultView in interface ViewLayoutController

See Also:

ViewLayoutController.setDefaultView(java.lang.Enum)

getDefaultView

public Enum<?> getDefaultView()

updateModel

public abstract void updateModel()

Description copied from interface: View

Updates the model with information from this view. If this view does not need to update the model leave this method empty.

Specified by:

updateModel in interface View

See Also:

View.updateModel()

updateModelFromView

public void updateModelFromView(Enum<?> viewType)

Update the model with a single views information

Parameters:

viewType -

updateModelFromCurrentView

public void updateModelFromCurrentView()

Update a the model from the view that is currently being shown by this controller

getView

public <V extends Enum<?>> void getView(V viewType,
                                        Callback<View> callback)

Description copied from class: Controller

Returns the view associated with the specified enum value. See showView(V viewType) above for a full description

Specified by:

getView in class Controller

getViewEnumValue

public Enum<?> getViewEnumValue(String enumValue)

Specified by:

getViewEnumValue in class Controller

showDefaultView

public void showDefaultView(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback)

Description copied from class: Controller

Shows the default view. Must be implemented by subclass, in order to define the default view.

Specified by:

showDefaultView in class Controller

showFirstView

public void showFirstView(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback)

Show the view that was the first one added and will likely be the first one in a layout's menu, for example. Note that this is different than show default view.

Parameters:

onReadyCallback -

isValid

public boolean isValid(List<ValidationResultInfo> validationResults,
                       boolean checkCurrentSectionOnly)

Check to see if current/all section(s) is valid (ie. does not contain any errors) - also displays them in the ui if possible

Parameters:

validationResults - List of validation results for the layouts model.

checkCurrentSectionOnly - true if errors should be checked on current section only, false if all sections should be checked

Returns:

true if the specified sections (all or current) has any validation errors

isValid

public boolean isValid(List<ValidationResultInfo> validationResults,
                       boolean checkCurrentSectionOnly,
                       boolean allFields)

Parameters:

validationResults -

checkCurrentSectionOnly -

allFields -

Returns:

See Also:

isValid(List, boolean)

clearAllWarnings

protected void clearAllWarnings()

This clears all warnings that currently displayed on all fields and sections.

beforeViewChange

public void beforeViewChange(Enum<?> viewChangingTo,
                             Callback<Boolean> okToChange)

This particular implementation of beforeViewChange checks to see if all its view contains a Controller and if it does checks with that controller to see if it is ok to change the view. OkToChange callback will be exec with true if the view is allowed to be changed at this time. This method can be overriden to provide additional functionality to stop a view from being changed when there is some additional processing that needs to occur in the ui before the view changes.

Overrides:

beforeViewChange in class Controller

See Also:

Controller.beforeViewChange(java.lang.Enum, org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.Callback)

showWarnings

protected void showWarnings()

Shows warnings stored to the application context (i.e: dark-yellow highlighting of conflicts during review of a Course Proposal)

asWidget

public com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget asWidget()

Description copied from interface: View

Get the attachable widget which represents this view

Specified by:

asWidget in interface com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IsWidget

Specified by:

asWidget in interface View

Overrides:

asWidget in class com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget

See Also:

SectionView

beforeHide

public boolean beforeHide()

Description copied from interface: View

Called by the controller before the view is hidden to allow the view to perform cleanup or request confirmation from the user, etc. Can cancel the action by returning false.

Specified by:

beforeHide in interface View

Returns:

true if the view can be hidden, or false to cancel the action.

beforeShow

public void beforeShow(Callback<Boolean> onReadyCallback)

Default implementation does nothing on before show. Override to do other things before THIS view is shown.

Specified by:

beforeShow in interface View

See Also:

View.beforeShow(org.kuali.student.common.ui.client.mvc.Callback)

getController

public Controller getController()

Description copied from interface: View

Returns the controller associated with the view

Specified by:

getController in interface View

Returns:

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: View

Returns the view's name

Specified by:

getName in interface View

Returns:

getViewEnum

public Enum<?> getViewEnum()

Specified by:

getViewEnum in interface View

setViewEnum

public void setViewEnum(Enum<?> viewType)

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this LayoutController. This name is used in the breadcrumb and window's title. Setting the name to the empty string will omit the breadcrumb - this is sometimes desired.

Parameters:

name -

setController

public void setController(Controller controller)

collectBreadcrumbNames

public void collectBreadcrumbNames(List<String> names)

Description copied from interface: BreadcrumbSupport

Adds a human readable name(s) to the list passed in for use in the breadcrumb

Specified by:

collectBreadcrumbNames in interface BreadcrumbSupport

clear

public void clear()

Description copied from interface: View

Can be called to reset a view to a cleared state.

Specified by:

clear in interface View

isExportButtonActive

public boolean isExportButtonActive()

Description copied from interface: View

This method needs to be implemented only on views that want the export button to display. The default implementation is not to display the export button

Specified by:

isExportButtonActive in interface View

Returns:

showExport

public void showExport(boolean show)

Specified by:

showExport in interface View