com.stellent.cis.web.input
Interface IFormInputConverter

public interface IFormInputConverter

Interface that represents a converter to migrate data from an input form to a particular data type.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	convertInput(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, MultipartElement element) Convert the input to the appropiate data type
java.lang.Object	convertInput(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Convert the input to the appropiate data type
java.lang.String	getJspPage()
void	renderFieldInput(ICommandField field, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response) Render the JSP to create the input for the given field

Method Detail

renderFieldInput

void renderFieldInput(ICommandField field,
                      javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                      javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse response)
                      throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                             java.io.IOException

Render the JSP to create the input for the given field

Parameters:

field - the field to render

request - the current servlet request

response - the current servlet response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

getJspPage

java.lang.String getJspPage()

Returns:

the full path to the JSP page that will render the input

convertInput

java.lang.Object convertInput(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                              java.lang.String name,
                              java.lang.String value)
                              throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Convert the input to the appropiate data type

Parameters:

request - the current request

name - the name of the parameter

value - the value as retrieved from the request object

Returns:

the converted value

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

convertInput

java.lang.Object convertInput(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
                              MultipartElement element)
                              throws javax.servlet.ServletException

Convert the input to the appropiate data type

Parameters:

request - the current request

element - the multipart element if this is a multipart post

Returns:

the converted value

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException