org.formaria.aria.data
Class StateBinding

java.lang.Object
  extended by org.formaria.aria.data.DataBinding
      extended by org.formaria.aria.data.StateBinding

public class StateBinding
extends DataBinding

Bind a component's state to a data model value/node. The binding allows a model node to linked to a UI component so that it can be refreshed when new data is written to the model or conversely when the UI component needs to write data to the model.
This binding is designed to be used by components such as RadioButtons or Checkboxes.

This state change does not affect the content displayed by the component.

Copyright (c) Formaria Ltd., 2008
License: see license.txt


Field Summary
protected  java.lang.String attribStr
           
protected  boolean isLeafNode
           
protected  java.lang.String offValue
          The value which will be used to store the value of the off state of the check/radio components in the model.
protected  java.lang.String onValue
          The value which will be used to store the value of the on state of the check/radio components in the model.
protected  boolean useBoolean
           
 
Fields inherited from class org.formaria.aria.data.DataBinding
component, currentProject, DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH, outputModel, outputPath, reevaluate, sourceModel, sourcePath
 
Constructor Summary
StateBinding()
          Default constuctor to enable creation of subclassed custom bindings and late binding.
 
Method Summary
 void get()
          Updates the component state with the value obtained from the data model.
 java.lang.String getAttribute()
          Retrieve the name of the attribute which is storing the value of the binding
 java.util.Vector getAttributes(boolean required)
          Get the names of the attributes used by this binding class
 java.lang.String getName()
          Gets the name of the model node
 java.lang.String getType()
          Get the type of this binding
 void set()
          Updates the data model with the value retrieved from the component.
 void setAttribute(java.lang.String attrib)
          Set the name of the attribute which is to be used for storing and retrieving the model value.
 void setOutputPath(java.lang.String newPath)
          Set the model path for the output/state data
 void setup(Project project, java.lang.Object c, java.util.Hashtable bindingConfig, java.util.Hashtable instanceConfig)
          Setup and configure the binding instance.
 
Methods inherited from class org.formaria.aria.data.DataBinding
getAttributes, getComponent, getOutput, getOutputPath, getReevaluate, getSource, getSourcePath, setOutput, setReevaluate, setSource, setSourcePath, setupHelper
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

isLeafNode

protected boolean isLeafNode

useBoolean

protected boolean useBoolean

attribStr

protected java.lang.String attribStr

onValue

protected java.lang.String onValue
The value which will be used to store the value of the on state of the check/radio components in the model.


offValue

protected java.lang.String offValue
The value which will be used to store the value of the off state of the check/radio components in the model.

Constructor Detail

StateBinding

public StateBinding()
Default constuctor to enable creation of subclassed custom bindings and late binding.

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(Project project,
                  java.lang.Object c,
                  java.util.Hashtable bindingConfig,
                  java.util.Hashtable instanceConfig)
Setup and configure the binding instance. The binding is configured via the XML setup registered for the particular binding type and then, subsequently by attibitional attributes of the binding instance specified in the page declaration, for the individual binding instance. The binding may also obtain configuration or reference information from the component and the project.

Specified by:
setup in class DataBinding
Parameters:
project - the owning project
c - the component being bound
bindingConfig - the XML element which contains the binding configuration
instanceConfig - the XML element which contains the setup attributes of the binding instance

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(java.lang.String attrib)
Set the name of the attribute which is to be used for storing and retrieving the model value.

Parameters:
attrib - the name of the attribute which will store the value.

getAttribute

public java.lang.String getAttribute()
Retrieve the name of the attribute which is storing the value of the binding


get

public void get()
Updates the component state with the value obtained from the data model.

Specified by:
get in class DataBinding

set

public void set()
Updates the data model with the value retrieved from the component.

Specified by:
set in class DataBinding

setOutputPath

public void setOutputPath(java.lang.String newPath)
Set the model path for the output/state data

Overrides:
setOutputPath in class DataBinding
Parameters:
newPath - The path to which the output model is to be bound

getName

public java.lang.String getName()
Gets the name of the model node

Returns:
the name

getAttributes

public java.util.Vector getAttributes(boolean required)
Get the names of the attributes used by this binding class

Overrides:
getAttributes in class DataBinding
Parameters:
required - true to list only the require attribues, false for all attributes

getType

public java.lang.String getType()
Get the type of this binding

Specified by:
getType in class DataBinding
Returns:
the binding type name