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Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Developer's Guide

To Change The Default Attribute Display Elements

The console auto-generates Data frame pages based on the definition of a service’s attributes in an XML service definition file. Each service attribute is defined with the XML attributes type, uitype and syntax. Type specifies the kind of value the attribute will take. uitype specifies the HTML element displayed by the console. syntax defines the format of the value. The values of these attributes can be mixed and matched to alter the HTML element used by the console to display the values of the attributes. For example, by default, an attribute of the single_choice type displays its choices as a drop down list in which only one choice can be selected. This list can also be presented as a set of radio buttons if the value of the uitype attribute is changed to radio. Miscellaneous Customizations illustrates this concept.

Example 11–2 uitype XML Attribute Sample


 <AttributeSchema name="test-attribute"
                    type="single_choice"
                    syntax="string"
                    any="display"
                    uitype="radio"
                    i18nKey="d105">
                    <ChoiceValues>
 <ChoiceValue i18nKey="u200">Daily</ChoiceValue>
 <ChoiceValue i18nKey="u201">Weekly</ChoiceValue>
 <ChoiceValue i18nKey="u202">Monthly</ChoiceValue>
                    </ChoiceValues>
                    <DefaultValues>
                        <Value>Daily</Value>
                    </DefaultValues>
                </AttributeSchema>

Miscellaneous Customizations is a listing of the possible values for each attribute, and the corresponding HTML element that each will display based on the different groupings.

Table 11–1 Service Attribute Values and Corresponding Display Elements

type Value 

syntax Value 

uitype Value 

Element Displayed In Console 

single_choice 

string 

No value defined 

pull-down menu choices 
   

radio 

radio button choices 

Single 

boolean 

No value defined 

checkbox 
   

radio 

radio button 
 

string 

No value defined 

text field 
   

link 

hyperlink 
   

button 

clickable button 
 

password 

No value defined 

text field 
 

paragraph 

No value defined 

scrolling text field 

list 

string 

No value defined 

Add/Delete name list 
   

name_value_list

Add/Edit/Delete name list 

multiple_choice

string 

No value defined 

choice list