com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.rendering
Class AbstractAttributeState

java.lang.Object
  com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.rendering.AbstractTagState
      com.bea.wlw.netui.tags.rendering.AbstractAttributeState

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractHtmlState, BaseTag.State

public abstract class AbstractAttributeState
extends AbstractTagState

Field Summary

static int	ATTR_GENERAL The integer type constant indentifying the General Attributes AbstractBaseTag reserves 0-9 for indentification.
static int	ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION
static String	EMPTY_STRING String constant for the empty string.

Constructor Summary

AbstractAttributeState()

Method Summary

void	clear()
String	getAttribute(int type, String attrName) Return a named attribute value from the specified attribute map.
HashMap	getExpressionAttributeMap()
HashMap	getGeneralAttributeMap()
void	registerAttribute(int type, String attrName, String value)
void	registerAttribute(int type, String attrName, String value, boolean ignoreEmpty) Register a name/value pair into a named attribute map.
void	removeAttribute(int type, String attrName) Remove a previously registered attribute value from map.
Map	selectMap(int type, boolean createIfNull) This method will return the map that represents the passed in type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_STRING

public static final String EMPTY_STRING

String constant for the empty string.

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_GENERAL

public static final int ATTR_GENERAL

The integer type constant indentifying the General Attributes AbstractBaseTag reserves 0-9 for indentification.

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Constant Field Values

ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION

public static final int ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractAttributeState

public AbstractAttributeState()

Method Detail

getGeneralAttributeMap

public HashMap getGeneralAttributeMap()

getExpressionAttributeMap

public HashMap getExpressionAttributeMap()

selectMap

public Map selectMap(int type,
                     boolean createIfNull)

This method will return the map that represents the passed in type. The boolean flag createIfNull indicates that the map should be created or not if it's null. This class defines two maps defined by @see #ATTR_GENERAL and ATTR_GENERAL_EXPRESSION

Parameters:

type - integer type indentifying the map to be created.

createIfNull - boolean flag indicating if the map should be created if it doesn't exist.

Returns:

The map or null

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ATTR_GENERAL

clear

public void clear()

Specified by:

clear in class AbstractTagState

registerAttribute

public void registerAttribute(int type,
                              String attrName,
                              String value,
                              boolean ignoreEmpty)

Register a name/value pair into a named attribute map. The base type supports the ATTR_GENERAL named map. Subclasses may add additional maps enabling attributes to be treated with different behavior.

Parameters:

type - an integer key identifying the map.

attrName - the name of the attribute

value - the value of the attribute

registerAttribute

public void registerAttribute(int type,
                              String attrName,
                              String value)

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(int type,
                            String attrName)

Remove a previously registered attribute value from map.

Parameters:

type - an integer key indentifying the map

attrName - the name of the attribute to remove from the specified map

getAttribute

public String getAttribute(int type,
                           String attrName)

Return a named attribute value from the specified attribute map.

Parameters:

type - an integer key indentifying the map

attrName - the name of the attribute we will get the value from.

Returns:

a string value of the attribute if set or null.