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authorBenjamin Culkin <scorpress@gmail.com>2024-05-19 17:56:33 -0400
committerBenjamin Culkin <scorpress@gmail.com>2024-05-19 17:56:33 -0400
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+/*
+Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
+Copyright (C) 2000 Blacksmith, Inc.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
+*/
+
+package net.wotonomy.web;
+
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSArray;
+import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSDictionary;
+import net.wotonomy.foundation.NSMutableDictionary;
+
+/**
+* The base class for dynamic WOElements. Dynamic elements
+* are expected to do something useful with user-entered data
+* in the request and with any binding associations with the
+* context's current WOComponent.
+*
+* @author michael@mpowers.net
+* @author $Author: cgruber $
+* @version $Revision: 905 $
+*/
+public abstract class WODynamicElement
+ extends WOElement
+{
+ protected String name;
+ protected WOElement rootElement;
+ protected NSDictionary associations;
+
+ /**
+ * The default constructor.
+ */
+ protected WODynamicElement ()
+ {
+ name = null;
+ associations = new NSMutableDictionary();
+ rootElement = null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Required constructor specifying the class name of the component,
+ * a map of associations, and the root element of the tree that
+ * contains this element (which may be null). The map keys
+ * correspond to properties of this element, and the values are
+ * associations to be applied to the context's current component.
+ */
+ public WODynamicElement (
+ String aName, NSDictionary anAssociationMap, WOElement aRootElement)
+ {
+ this();
+ name = aName;
+ associations = anAssociationMap;
+ rootElement = aRootElement;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Package access only. Called to initialize the component with
+ * the proper context before the start of the request-response cycle.
+ * If the context has a current component, that component becomes
+ * this component's parent.
+ */
+ void ensureAwakeInContext (WOContext aContext)
+ {
+ if ( rootElement != null )
+ {
+ rootElement.ensureAwakeInContext( aContext );
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Use this method to get a map with the properties that start with
+ * a question mark. These are supposed to go at the end of a URL, and it is
+ * very useful for components that generate URLs, specially with direct
+ * actions.
+ * @param c The component where the values of the properties have to be
+ * retrieved from.
+ */
+ Map urlFields(WOComponent c) {
+ HashMap map = new HashMap(associations.count());
+ Enumeration enumeration = associations.keyEnumerator();
+ while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
+ String key = (String)enumeration.nextElement();
+ if (key.charAt(0) == '?') {
+ map.put(key.substring(1), valueForProperty(key, c));
+ }
+ }
+ return map;
+ }
+
+ /** Convenience method for getting the value of an association. */
+ Object valueForProperty(String key, WOComponent c) {
+ WOAssociation a = (WOAssociation)associations.objectForKey(key);
+ if (a != null)
+ return a.valueInComponent(c);
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /** Convenience method for getting the string value of an association. */
+ String stringForProperty(String key, WOComponent c) {
+ WOAssociation a = (WOAssociation)associations.objectForKey(key);
+ Object result = null;
+ if (a != null) result = a.valueInComponent(c);
+ if ( result == null ) return null;
+ return result.toString();
+ }
+
+ /** Convenience method for getting the string value of an association. */
+ boolean booleanForProperty(String key, WOComponent c) {
+ WOAssociation a = (WOAssociation)associations.objectForKey(key);
+ Object result = null;
+ if (a != null) result = a.valueInComponent(c);
+ if ( result == null ) return false;
+ if ( result.toString().toLowerCase().equals( "true" ) ) return true;
+ return Boolean.TRUE.equals( result );
+ }
+
+ /** Convenience method for setting the value of an association. */
+ void setValueForProperty(String key, Object value, WOComponent c) {
+ WOAssociation a = (WOAssociation)associations.objectForKey(key);
+ if ( a != null && a.isValueSettable() )
+ a.setValue(value, c);
+ }
+
+ /** this method composes a String suitable for inclusion inside a HTML tag. It includes
+ the key-value pairs of all the associations not mentioned in the standardProperties
+ parameter. This is very useful for including extra properties in tags without having to worry
+ if the HTML specification has changed or if non-standard tags are being used.
+ @param c The component where the associations' values should be retrieved from.
+ @param standardProperties An array of Strings with all the associations that should be
+ excluded from the resulting string. */
+ String additionalHTMLProperties(WOComponent c, NSArray standardProperties) {
+ Enumeration enumeration = associations.keyEnumerator();
+ StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+ while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
+ String key = (String)enumeration.nextElement();
+ if (!(standardProperties.containsObject(key) || key.charAt(0)=='?')) {
+ buf.append(' ');
+ buf.append(key);
+ buf.append("=\"");
+ buf.append(valueForProperty(key, c));
+ buf.append('\"');
+ }
+ }
+ return buf.toString();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method is called to retrieve user-entered data from
+ * the request. WOElements should retrieve data from the
+ * request based on their elementID and set values in the
+ * context's current WOComponent, typically those values that
+ * are associated with the element in the binding. This
+ * implementation does nothing.
+ */
+ public void takeValuesFromRequest (WORequest aRequest, WOContext aContext)
+ {
+
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method is called on all objects and elements of the
+ * application until a non-null value is returned.
+ * WOElements should first check to see if they are the
+ * target of an action by checking the WOContext's senderID
+ * to see if it matches this element's elementID.
+ * If this element is the target, it should perform an
+ * appropriate action on the context's current WOComponent,
+ * usually the action specified in the binding, and return
+ * the result of that action. This implementation returns null.
+ */
+ public WOActionResults invokeAction (WORequest aRequest, WOContext aContext)
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This method is called on all elements of the content tree
+ * to build a response to a user request. The message should
+ * be forwarded to any child elements so that the entire tree
+ * is traversed. This implementation does nothing.
+ */
+ public void appendToResponse (WOResponse aResponse, WOContext aContext)
+ {
+ // does nothing
+ }
+
+ public WOResponse generateResponse()
+ {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+}