The following properties provide additional functionality to forms that use a RepositoryFormHandler:
checkForRequiredProperties
A boolean, specifies whether the form handler checks that all required properties are present during operation.
clearValueOnSet
A boolean, specifies whether the value dictionary for an item is cleared and reset from the database when its repositoryId property changes. When this property is set to true, data in the value dictionary reflects the item’s database values. When set to false, the value dictionary can retain some data as the repositoryId changes from one item to another.
If the clearValueOnSet property is set to true, any change to a repositoryID clears all other properties for that item from the value dictionary. To preserve other property changes, set repositoryID to false; alternatively, raise the priority for the repositoryID input field, so updates from this field occur before updates to other properties are written to the item’s value dictionary. For example:
<dsp:input type="hidden" priority=10 bean="atg/dynamo/droplet/MyRepositoryFormHandler.repositoryId" value="Add CD"/>
createTransientItems
A boolean, specifies whether new items should remain transient. The default is false.
extractDefaultValuesFromItem
A boolean, specifies whether the default values for properties that use a value dictionary display in a form that renders these values available for modification.
mapKeyValueSeparator
By default set to = (equals), used when editing a Map through its keysAndRepositoryIds property to set both the key and the map from a single form element. This string is used to separate the key from the repository id
removeReferencesToDeletedItems
A boolean, specifies whether deleting an item also deletes all references to that item. Set this property to false (the default) if the items to delete have no references, and avoids. This avoids unnecessary lookups and performance delays.
If set to true, an item deletion automatically invokes the RepositoryUtils.removeReferencesToItem method, which locates all items that reference the target item and deletes them first. For more information on this method, see the Development, Testing and Debugging with the SQL Repository in the Repository Guide.
requireIdOnCreate
A boolean, specifies whether an item ID must be user-supplied when an item is created. If set to true (the default), an error is thrown when the form is submitted and no ID exists for the new item. If set to false, the repository or database automatically generates the item ID.
