atg.repository.servlet

Class RepositoryFormHandler

java.lang.Object

atg.nucleus.logging.VariableArgumentApplicationLoggingImpl

atg.nucleus.GenericService

atg.droplet.EmptyFormHandler

atg.droplet.GenericFormHandler

atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryFormHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

atg.core.logging.Logging, atg.core.logging.TraceLogging, DropletFormHandler, atg.naming.AbsoluteNameable, NameContextBindingListener, NameContextElement, atg.naming.NameContextParentable, NameResolver, AdminableService, atg.nucleus.Configured, ApplicationLogging, atg.nucleus.logging.ApplicationLoggingSender, atg.nucleus.logging.TraceApplicationLogging, VariableArgumentApplicationLogging, ComponentNameResolver, Service, ServiceListener, RepositoryFormConstants, RepositoryFormData, java.util.EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

B2BRepositoryFormHandler, MultiProfileForm, RepositoryAssetFormHandler, ScheduledOrderHandler, WorkflowTaskFormSubject, XMLRepositoryFormHandler

public class RepositoryFormHandler
extends GenericFormHandler
implements RepositoryFormData, RepositoryFormConstants

This is a form handler for operating on repository items. It can be used to create new repository items, update existing items, and delete items from the repository.

This bean has a repositoryId property which determines the repository item being operated on by the form handler. It also has a value property which is a dictionary of properties of the current repository item. For example, if you want to get or set the "author" property of a repository item with id "/targetedcontent/Example.html," you would set repositoryId to "/targetedcontent/Example.html," and reference the item's "author" property in the page as "FormHandler.value.author."

Note that since the value property contains the property values corresponding to the repository item with the current repository id, setting the repositoryId property also has the effect of removing all entries from the value dictionary. The new entries are then added to the dictionary as the property values are accessed/set for the new repository item.

This form handler supports the following submit methods:

create

creates a new repository item with the id specified via the repositoryId property, assigning it the property values currently in the value dictionary, and adds the new item to the repository; if repositoryId is not set, the new item is created with an id auto-generated by the repository, assuming requireIdOnCreate is set to false (see below)

update

updates the repository item specified via the repositoryId property, using the property values currently in the value dictionary; the update is committed in the repository

delete

deletes the repository item specified via the repositoryId property from the repository

The following properties of the RepositoryFormHandler will typically be set in a properties file for this component:

repository

Specifies the repository to operate on.

itemDescriptorName

Specifies the item descriptor that describes the repository items being operated on. For example, new items being added to the repository will be created with the given item desciptor; items being updated are expected to have the given item descriptor. If not specified, the item descriptor associated with the default repository view will be used.

checkForRequiredProperties

Specifies whether the form handler should check that all the required properties are present during create/update operations. If true, an error will be raised for any required property that is missing. Default is true.

requireIdOnCreate

If true, a repository id must be specified when new items are created, or an error will be raised. If false, and the repository id is not specified, an id for the new item will be auto-generated by the repository. Default is true.

extractDefaultValuesFromItem

Specifies whether property values should be extracted from a repository item if they do not have values specified in the form. Sometimes this property is set in jhtml rather than the properties file: for example, a jhtml page that updates existing repository items might set this property to true so that the current item's property values are displayed, while a jhtml page for creating new items might set it to false. Default is true.

createTransientItems

Specifies whether the form handler creates transient items. Items are created but not persisted used addItem. Default is false.

The RepositoryFormHandler also has a set of properties that are used to control navigation after a form operation (create, update, delete) has been completed. These properties specify the URLs to redirect on certain error and success conditions. If the value for a particular condition is not set, the form is left on the page defined as the action for that form (i.e. no redirect takes place). Each operation has its own SuccessURL and ErrorURL properties. Thus the following properties are available:

• createSuccessURL
• createErrorURL
• updateSuccessURL
• updateErrorURL
• deleteSuccessURL
• deleteErrorURL

You can either specify the values of these URLs in the .properties file of the form handler, or you can set them in the jhtml file itself using a hidden tag. For example:

 <input type=hidden bean="FormHandler.createSuccessURL" value="main.jhtml">
 

This form handler also supports the editing of hierarchial properties. In other words properties you can edit properties whose values are themselves other items. To edit the properties of your property, simply specify the names of these properties separated by a "." character. For example, if your item has an address item property, you can set its city sub-property with a tag like:

 <input type="text" bean="FormHandler.value.address.city" >
 

If you have the id of an address, perhaps as a property of some bean and you want to update your item so that it refers to that new item, you can change the special repositoryId sub-property of the address as in this construct:

 <input type="hidden" bean="FormHandler.value.address.repositoryId"
     value="bean:SomeBean.addressId">
 

If the addressId does not correspond to a valid address, an error with the message code "noRepositoryId" error is added to the list of errors for this request.

Migration history:

• 4/18/2002 - Modified so that when a sub-property's repositoryId property is modified (e.g. RFH.value.addresses.repositoryId) we immediately update the value (e.g. RFH.value.addresses.city now reflects the new value). Previously, the update method had to be called for this to happen.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	CLASS_VERSION Class version string
static int	STATUS_ERROR_REDIRECT Constant used to indicate that the form has errors, and that the form should perform a redirect.
static int	STATUS_ERROR_STAY Constant used to indicate that the form has errors, and that the form should not perform a redirect.
static int	STATUS_SUCCESS Constant used to indicate that the form has no errors

Fields inherited from class atg.droplet.GenericFormHandler

PARAM_DEFER_FORWARD_OR_REDIRECT, PARAM_USE_FORWARDS

Fields inherited from class atg.nucleus.GenericService

SERVICE_INFO_KEY

Fields inherited from interface atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryFormConstants

NULL_SENTINEL, REPOSITORY_ID_PROPERTY_NAME, RESOURCE_BUNDLE_NAME, UPDATE_APPEND, UPDATE_PREPEND, UPDATE_REMOVE, UPDATE_REPLACE

Fields inherited from interface atg.nucleus.logging.TraceApplicationLogging

DEFAULT_LOG_TRACE_STATUS

Fields inherited from interface atg.nucleus.logging.ApplicationLogging

DEFAULT_LOG_DEBUG_STATUS, DEFAULT_LOG_ERROR_STATUS, DEFAULT_LOG_INFO_STATUS, DEFAULT_LOG_WARNING_STATUS

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RepositoryFormHandler()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected int	checkFormError(java.lang.String pErrorURL, DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Check to see if there were errors during the submit operation.
protected boolean	checkFormSuccess(java.lang.String pSuccessURL, DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) If the form was successfully submitted, redirect after processing the form data if possible.
protected void	checkForRequiredProperties(RepositoryItem pItem) Makes sure all the required repository item properties have values submitted in the form.
protected void	deleteItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Deletes the item given by the current repository id from the repository.
boolean	getCheckForReadOnlyProperties() Returns whether or not the form handler should throw an exception when updating item properties and read only properties are in the value dictionary.
boolean	getCheckForRequiredProperties() Returns whether or not the form handler should check that all the required properties are present during the create/update operations.
protected atg.repository.content.ContentPropertyItemDescriptor	getContentItemDescriptor() Obtain the content item descriptor
java.lang.String	getContentNameProperty() Get the contentNameProperty.
java.lang.String	getContentPathProperty() Get the contentPathProperty.
java.lang.String	getCreateErrorURL() Returns the URL to redirect to upon a failed item creation.
java.lang.String	getCreateSuccessURL() Returns the URL to redirect to upon a successful item creation.
java.lang.String	getDeleteErrorURL() Returns the URL to redirect to upon a failed item deletion.
java.lang.String	getDeleteSuccessURL() Returns the URL to redirect to upon a successful item deletion.
boolean	getEditMapsAsLists() Gets the property EditMapsAsLists.
atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryEditorErrorHandler	getErrorHandler() Return an object responsible for handling form errors
boolean	getExtractDefaultValuesFromItem() Returns whether or not property values should be extracted from a repository item if they do not have values specified in the form.
java.lang.String	getFolderIdProperty() Get the folderIdPropertyName.
RepositoryItemDescriptor	getItemDescriptor() Returns the repository item descriptor used by this form handler.
java.lang.String	getItemDescriptorName() Returns the name of the repository item descriptor used by this form handler (e.g., to create/add items to the repository).
protected java.lang.Object	getItemProperty(java.lang.String pPropertyName) If the repositoryId property is set, returns the value of the corresponding item's property.
ApplicationLogging	getLogger() Return logger
java.lang.String	getMapKeyValueSeparator() Gets the property MapKeyValueSeparator.
boolean	getRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems()
MutableRepository	getRepository() Returns the repository this form handler operates over.
java.lang.String	getRepositoryId() Returns the repository id of the item being manipulated.
RepositoryItem	getRepositoryItem() Returns the repository item (if any) to edit from this form handler This is retrieved based on the repository, itemDescriptorName, and repositoryId properties;
atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryItemEditor	getRepositoryItemEditor() Get the repository item editor
java.lang.String	getRepositoryPathName()
boolean	getRequireIdOnCreate() Returns true if a repository id must be specified when new items are created, false otherwise.
protected java.lang.Object	getSpecifiedIdPropertyValue() Return the id property value if it has been specified explicitly, otherwise return null.
protected TransactionDemarcation	getTransactionDemarcation() Returns the transaction demaraction for this form handler
protected javax.transaction.TransactionManager	getTransactionManager() Returns the transaction manager for the repository that we are using
java.lang.String[]	getTrimProperties() Returns property TrimProperties
java.lang.String	getUpdateErrorURL() Returns the URL to redirect to upon a failed item update.
java.lang.String	getUpdateSuccessURL() Returns the URL to redirect to upon a successful item update.
java.util.Dictionary	getValue() Returns a dictionary that stores the pending property values associated with an operation on the repository item (e.g.
protected java.lang.Object	getValueProperty(java.lang.String pName) Returns the value of a property from the value Dictionary.
boolean	handleCreate(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Takes the current set of property values set as members of the value property and, if there were no errors in submitting the form, creates a new repository item, sets these property values in the new item, and adds the item persistently to the repository.
boolean	handleDelete(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Deletes the item specified by the repositoryId property from the repository.
boolean	handleUpdate(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Takes the current set of property values set as members of the value property and, if there were no errors in submitting the form, modifies the item described by the repositoryId property with these values.
boolean	isClearValueOnSet() Returns value of ClearValueOnSet property
boolean	isCreateTransientItems() Returns property CreateTransientItems.
boolean	isRequireMapKeys() Indicates if the form should require keys for all entries in Map properties.
boolean	isSortRepositoryItemSets() Indicates if the form should display Sets of RepositoryItems sorted according to their display names.
boolean	isTrimProperty(java.lang.String pProperty) Tests whether pProperty should be trimmed or not
boolean	isUpdateItemsInCollection() Return a flag that indicates if the form should update individual collection items when updating a collection property.
protected void	postCreateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) This method is called just after the item creation process is finished.
protected void	postDeleteItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) This method is called just after the item is deleted from the repository.
protected void	postUpdateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) This method is called just after the item is updated.
protected void	postUpdateItemProperties(MutableRepositoryItem pItem) This method is called just after the updateItemProperties is completed.
protected void	preCreateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) This method is called just before the item creation process is started.
protected void	preDeleteItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) This method is called just before the item is deleted from the repository.
protected void	preUpdateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) This method is called just before the item is updated.
void	setCheckForReadOnlyProperties(boolean pCheckForReadOnlyProperties) Sets whether or this form handler should throw an exception when updating item properties and read only properties are in the value dictionary.
void	setCheckForRequiredProperties(boolean pCheckForRequiredProperties) Sets whether or not the form handler should check that all the required properties are present during the create/update operations.
void	setClearValueOnSet(boolean pClearValueOnSet) Sets the clearValueOnSet property
void	setContentNameProperty(java.lang.String pContentNameProperty) set the contentNameProperty
void	setContentPathProperty(java.lang.String pContentPathProperty) set the contentPathProperty
void	setCreateErrorURL(java.lang.String pCreateErrorURL) Sets the URL to redirect to upon a failed item creation.
void	setCreateSuccessURL(java.lang.String pCreateSuccessURL) Sets the URL to redirect to upon a successful item creation.
void	setCreateTransientItems(boolean pCreateTransientItems) Sets property CreateTransientItems.
void	setDeleteErrorURL(java.lang.String pDeleteErrorURL) Sets the URL to redirect to upon a failed item deletion.
void	setDeleteSuccessURL(java.lang.String pDeleteSuccessURL) Sets the URL to redirect to upon a successful item deletion.
void	setEditMapsAsLists(boolean pEditMapsAsLists) Sets the property EditMapsAsLists.
void	setExtractDefaultValuesFromItem(boolean pExtractDefaultValuesFromItem) Sets whether or not property values should be extracted from a repository item if they do not have values specified in the form.
void	setFolderIdProperty(java.lang.String pFolderIdProperty) set the folderIdProperty
void	setItemDescriptorName(java.lang.String pItemDescriptorName) Sets the name of the repository item descriptor used by this form handler (e.g., to create/add items to the repository).
void	setMapKeyValueSeparator(java.lang.String pMapKeyValueSeparator) Sets the property MapKeyValueSeparator.
void	setRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems(boolean pRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems) Sets the property RemoveReferencesToDeletedItems.
void	setRepository(MutableRepository pRepository) Sets the repository this form handler should operate over.
void	setRepositoryId(java.lang.String pId) Sets the repository id of the item to be manipulated.
void	setRepositoryItemEditor(atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryItemEditor pRepositoryItemEditor) Set the repository item editor
void	setRepositoryPathName(java.lang.String pRepositoryPathName) Sets the property RepositoryPathName.
void	setRequireIdOnCreate(boolean pRequireIdOnCreate) Sets whether a repository id must be specified when new items are created.
void	setRequireMapKeys(boolean pRequireMapKeys) Set a flag that indicates if the form should require keys for all entries in Map properties.
void	setSortRepositoryItemSets(boolean pSortRepositoryItemSets) Set a flag that indicates if the form should display Sets of RepositoryItems sorted according to their display names.
void	setTrimProperties(java.lang.String[] pTrimProperties) Sets property trimProperties.
void	setUpdateErrorURL(java.lang.String pUpdateErrorURL) Sets the URL to redirect to upon a failed item update.
void	setUpdateItemsInCollection(boolean pUpdateItemsInCollection) Set a flag that indicates if the form should update individual collection items when updating a collection property.
void	setUpdateSuccessURL(java.lang.String pUpdateSuccessURL) Sets the URL to redirect to upon a successful item update.
protected void	setValueProperty(java.lang.String pName, java.lang.Object pValue) Sets the value of a property into the value Dictionary.
static boolean	testPropertyAttribute(DynamicPropertyDescriptor pDpd, java.lang.String pAttrName, java.lang.String pTest) Test named attribute of specified property descriptor to see if it is equal to the value specified in pTest
protected void	updateChildItemProperty(RepositoryPropertyDescriptor pDesc, java.lang.Object pValue, java.lang.String pKey, MutableRepositoryItem pItem, java.lang.String pItemPath) Update single value property that is repository item
protected void	updateContentItemValues(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Update folder item properties such as path
protected void	updateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest, DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse) Updates the repository item given by the current repository id.
protected void	updateItemProperties(MutableRepositoryItem pItem, java.util.Dictionary pValues, java.lang.String pItemPath) Takes the current values of the value property and sticks them into the repository item given.
protected void	updateListProperty(MutableRepositoryItem pItem, RepositoryFormList pFormList) Goes through the set, array, or list property represented by the data we've collected from the RepositoryFormList object.
protected void	updateMapProperty(MutableRepositoryItem pItem, RepositoryFormMap pFormMap) Goes through the map property represented by the data we've collected from the RepositoryFormList object.

Methods inherited from class atg.droplet.GenericFormHandler

addFormException, addUncheckedFormException, afterSet, beforeSet, checkFormRedirect, createFormSubmissionMessage, getCancelURL, getCheckForValidSession, getFormError, getFormExceptions, getFormName, getMessagePort, getMessageSource, getMessageType, getPropertyExceptions, getSendMessages, getUncheckedFormExceptions, handleCancel, handleFormException, handleUncheckedFormException, hasUncheckedFormExceptions, isDeferForwardsAndRedirects, isRestorableForm, isUseForwards, isValidSession, redirectOrForward, resetFormExceptions, setCancelURL, setCheckForValidSession, setDeferForwardsAndRedirects, setFormName, setMessagePort, setMessageSource, setMessageType, setRestorableForm, setSendMessages, setUseForwards

Methods inherited from class atg.droplet.EmptyFormHandler

afterGet, beforeGet

Methods inherited from class atg.nucleus.GenericService

addLogListener, createAdminServlet, doStartService, doStopService, getAbsoluteName, getAdminServlet, getAdminServletOutputStreamEncoding, getLoggingForVlogging, getLogListenerCount, getLogListeners, getName, getNameContext, getNucleus, getRoot, getServiceConfiguration, getServiceInfo, isAdminServletUseServletOutputStream, isLoggingDebug, isLoggingError, isLoggingInfo, isLoggingTrace, isLoggingWarning, isRunning, logDebug, logDebug, logDebug, logError, logError, logError, logInfo, logInfo, logInfo, logTrace, logTrace, logTrace, logWarning, logWarning, logWarning, nameContextElementBound, nameContextElementUnbound, removeLogListener, reResolveThis, resolveName, resolveName, resolveName, resolveName, sendLogEvent, setAdminServletOutputStreamEncoding, setAdminServletUseServletOutputStream, setLoggingDebug, setLoggingError, setLoggingInfo, setLoggingTrace, setLoggingWarning, setNucleus, setServiceInfo, startService, stopService

Methods inherited from class atg.nucleus.logging.VariableArgumentApplicationLoggingImpl

vlogDebug, vlogDebug, vlogDebug, vlogDebug, vlogDebugTrace, vlogError, vlogError, vlogError, vlogError, vlogInfo, vlogInfo, vlogInfo, vlogInfo, vlogTrace, vlogTrace, vlogTrace, vlogTrace, vlogWarning, vlogWarning, vlogWarning, vlogWarning

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

public static java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

Class version string

STATUS_SUCCESS

public static final int STATUS_SUCCESS

Constant used to indicate that the form has no errors

See Also:

Constant Field Values

STATUS_ERROR_STAY

public static final int STATUS_ERROR_STAY

Constant used to indicate that the form has errors, and that the form should not perform a redirect.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

STATUS_ERROR_REDIRECT

public static final int STATUS_ERROR_REDIRECT

Constant used to indicate that the form has errors, and that the form should perform a redirect.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RepositoryFormHandler

public RepositoryFormHandler()

Method Detail

getLogger

public ApplicationLogging getLogger()

Return logger

Specified by:

getLogger in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the logger

getErrorHandler

public atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryEditorErrorHandler getErrorHandler()

Description copied from interface: RepositoryFormData

Return an object responsible for handling form errors

Specified by:

getErrorHandler in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the form error handler

getRepositoryItemEditor

public atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryItemEditor getRepositoryItemEditor()

Get the repository item editor

Specified by:

getRepositoryItemEditor in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the repository item editor

setRepositoryItemEditor

public void setRepositoryItemEditor(atg.repository.servlet.RepositoryItemEditor pRepositoryItemEditor)

Set the repository item editor

Parameters:

pRepositoryItemEditor - the object used to manipulate repository items

setCreateTransientItems

public void setCreateTransientItems(boolean pCreateTransientItems)

Sets property CreateTransientItems. If true, newly created items remain transient and are not persisted in the repository with a call to addItem.

isCreateTransientItems

public boolean isCreateTransientItems()

Returns property CreateTransientItems. If true, newly created items remain transient and are not persisted in the repository with a call to addItem.

Specified by:

isCreateTransientItems in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

true to create transient items

setRequireMapKeys

public void setRequireMapKeys(boolean pRequireMapKeys)

Set a flag that indicates if the form should require keys for all entries in Map properties.

isRequireMapKeys

public boolean isRequireMapKeys()

Indicates if the form should require keys for all entries in Map properties.

Specified by:

isRequireMapKeys in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

true to require map keys

setSortRepositoryItemSets

public void setSortRepositoryItemSets(boolean pSortRepositoryItemSets)

Set a flag that indicates if the form should display Sets of RepositoryItems sorted according to their display names.

isSortRepositoryItemSets

public boolean isSortRepositoryItemSets()

Indicates if the form should display Sets of RepositoryItems sorted according to their display names.

Specified by:

isSortRepositoryItemSets in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

true to sort Sets of RepositoryItems

setUpdateItemsInCollection

public void setUpdateItemsInCollection(boolean pUpdateItemsInCollection)

Set a flag that indicates if the form should update individual collection items when updating a collection property.

isUpdateItemsInCollection

public boolean isUpdateItemsInCollection()

Return a flag that indicates if the form should update individual collection items when updating a collection property.

Specified by:

isUpdateItemsInCollection in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

true if the individual collection items shoud be updated.

getRepository

public MutableRepository getRepository()

Returns the repository this form handler operates over. If you leave this as null, you can use the repositoryPathName as the way of specifying the repository to use. That method is more dynamic and allows you to create a form which sets the repository via a property in the form.

Specified by:

getRepository in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the repository

setRepository

public void setRepository(MutableRepository pRepository)

Sets the repository this form handler should operate over.

setRepositoryPathName

public void setRepositoryPathName(java.lang.String pRepositoryPathName)

Sets the property RepositoryPathName. This is an alternative way to specify the repository definition. If you set a repositoryPathName property and leave the Repository property as null, this will be used as a path name of the repository component to use. This mechanism is more flexible as it lets you set the repository to edit from a form or parameter in the page.

Parameters:

pRepositoryPathName - new value to set

getRepositoryPathName

public java.lang.String getRepositoryPathName()

Returns:

The value of the property RepositoryPathName.

getItemDescriptorName

public java.lang.String getItemDescriptorName()
                                       throws RepositoryException

Returns the name of the repository item descriptor used by this form handler (e.g., to create/add items to the repository). If the descriptor name hasn't been explicitly set, returns the name of the item descriptor associated with the repository's default view.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was a repository error getting the item descriptor

setItemDescriptorName

public void setItemDescriptorName(java.lang.String pItemDescriptorName)

Sets the name of the repository item descriptor used by this form handler (e.g., to create/add items to the repository).

getItemDescriptor

public RepositoryItemDescriptor getItemDescriptor()
                                           throws RepositoryException

Returns the repository item descriptor used by this form handler. If the itemDescriptorName property is specified, returns the descriptor given by the item descriptor name. Otherwise, returns the item descriptor associated with the repository's default view.

Specified by:

getItemDescriptor in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the item descriptor or null on error

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was a repository error getting the item descriptor

getRepositoryId

public java.lang.String getRepositoryId()

Returns the repository id of the item being manipulated.

Specified by:

getRepositoryId in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the repository ID

setRepositoryId

public void setRepositoryId(java.lang.String pId)

Sets the repository id of the item to be manipulated. This also clears the value dictionary, since the property values in it correspond to the item with the old repository id.

getValue

public java.util.Dictionary getValue()

Returns a dictionary that stores the pending property values associated with an operation on the repository item (e.g. create, update).

Specified by:

getValue in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the value dictionary

getExtractDefaultValuesFromItem

public boolean getExtractDefaultValuesFromItem()

Returns whether or not property values should be extracted from a repository item if they do not have values specified in the form.

Specified by:

getExtractDefaultValuesFromItem in interface RepositoryFormData

setExtractDefaultValuesFromItem

public void setExtractDefaultValuesFromItem(boolean pExtractDefaultValuesFromItem)

Sets whether or not property values should be extracted from a repository item if they do not have values specified in the form.

getCheckForRequiredProperties

public boolean getCheckForRequiredProperties()

Returns whether or not the form handler should check that all the required properties are present during the create/update operations. If true, an error will be raised for any required property that is missing.

Specified by:

getCheckForRequiredProperties in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

true to force check for required properties

setCheckForRequiredProperties

public void setCheckForRequiredProperties(boolean pCheckForRequiredProperties)

Sets whether or not the form handler should check that all the required properties are present during the create/update operations. If true, an error will be raised for any required property that is missing.

getCheckForReadOnlyProperties

public boolean getCheckForReadOnlyProperties()

Returns whether or not the form handler should throw an exception when updating item properties and read only properties are in the value dictionary. Otherwise, read only properties are just skipped.

Specified by:

getCheckForReadOnlyProperties in interface RepositoryFormData

setCheckForReadOnlyProperties

public void setCheckForReadOnlyProperties(boolean pCheckForReadOnlyProperties)

Sets whether or this form handler should throw an exception when updating item properties and read only properties are in the value dictionary. Otherwise, read only properties are just skipped.

getTrimProperties

public java.lang.String[] getTrimProperties()

Returns property TrimProperties

setTrimProperties

public void setTrimProperties(java.lang.String[] pTrimProperties)

Sets property trimProperties. This names the attributes that should be trimmed before updating in the user's profile.

getRequireIdOnCreate

public boolean getRequireIdOnCreate()

Returns true if a repository id must be specified when new items are created, false otherwise. If false, and the repository id is not specified, an id for the new item will be auto-generated by the repository.

setRequireIdOnCreate

public void setRequireIdOnCreate(boolean pRequireIdOnCreate)

Sets whether a repository id must be specified when new items are created. If false, and the repository id is not specified, an id for the new item will be auto-generated by the repository.

setRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems

public void setRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems(boolean pRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems)

Sets the property RemoveReferencesToDeletedItems.

Parameters:

pRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems - new value to set

getRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems

public boolean getRemoveReferencesToDeletedItems()

Returns:

The value of the property RemoveReferencesToDeletedItems.

getCreateSuccessURL

public java.lang.String getCreateSuccessURL()

Returns the URL to redirect to upon a successful item creation.

setCreateSuccessURL

public void setCreateSuccessURL(java.lang.String pCreateSuccessURL)

Sets the URL to redirect to upon a successful item creation.

getCreateErrorURL

public java.lang.String getCreateErrorURL()

Returns the URL to redirect to upon a failed item creation.

setCreateErrorURL

public void setCreateErrorURL(java.lang.String pCreateErrorURL)

Sets the URL to redirect to upon a failed item creation.

getUpdateSuccessURL

public java.lang.String getUpdateSuccessURL()

Returns the URL to redirect to upon a successful item update.

setUpdateSuccessURL

public void setUpdateSuccessURL(java.lang.String pUpdateSuccessURL)

Sets the URL to redirect to upon a successful item update.

getUpdateErrorURL

public java.lang.String getUpdateErrorURL()

Returns the URL to redirect to upon a failed item update.

setUpdateErrorURL

public void setUpdateErrorURL(java.lang.String pUpdateErrorURL)

Sets the URL to redirect to upon a failed item update.

getDeleteSuccessURL

public java.lang.String getDeleteSuccessURL()

Returns the URL to redirect to upon a successful item deletion.

setDeleteSuccessURL

public void setDeleteSuccessURL(java.lang.String pDeleteSuccessURL)

Sets the URL to redirect to upon a successful item deletion.

getDeleteErrorURL

public java.lang.String getDeleteErrorURL()

Returns the URL to redirect to upon a failed item deletion.

setDeleteErrorURL

public void setDeleteErrorURL(java.lang.String pDeleteErrorURL)

Sets the URL to redirect to upon a failed item deletion.

isClearValueOnSet

public boolean isClearValueOnSet()

Returns value of ClearValueOnSet property

setClearValueOnSet

public void setClearValueOnSet(boolean pClearValueOnSet)

Sets the clearValueOnSet property

setEditMapsAsLists

public void setEditMapsAsLists(boolean pEditMapsAsLists)

Sets the property EditMapsAsLists. If you set this to true, the interface for editing maps is as list items using a special "keys" sub-property to define the key. If you set this to false, you edit maps "as is". This allows you to modify properties of existing map entries, but not to add new entries.

Parameters:

pEditMapsAsLists - new value to set

getEditMapsAsLists

public boolean getEditMapsAsLists()

Gets the property EditMapsAsLists. If this is true, the interface for editing maps is as list items using a special "keys" sub-property to define the key. If false, you edit maps "as is". This allows you to modify properties of existing map entries, but not to add new entries.

Specified by:

getEditMapsAsLists in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

The value of the property EditMapsAsLists.

setMapKeyValueSeparator

public void setMapKeyValueSeparator(java.lang.String pMapKeyValueSeparator)

Sets the property MapKeyValueSeparator. When editing components of type map, you can use the keyAndRepositoryIds 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 - for example: "key=10005" is an acceptable value if the KeyValueSeparator is "=".

Parameters:

pMapKeyValueSeparator - new value to set

getMapKeyValueSeparator

public java.lang.String getMapKeyValueSeparator()

Gets the property MapKeyValueSeparator. When editing components of type map, you can use the keyAndRepositoryIds 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 - for example: "key=10005" is an acceptable value if the KeyValueSeparator is "=".

Specified by:

getMapKeyValueSeparator in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

The value of the property MapKeyValueSeparator.

checkFormError

protected int checkFormError(java.lang.String pErrorURL,
                 DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                 DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                      throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                             java.io.IOException

Check to see if there were errors during the submit operation. If so, redirect to the supplied error url if possible.

Parameters:

pErrorURL - the URL to redirect to if there are any form errors

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Returns:

the status of the form, one of STATUS_SUCCESS, STATUS_ERROR_STAY, or STATUS_ERROR_REDIRECT

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

checkFormSuccess

protected boolean checkFormSuccess(java.lang.String pSuccessURL,
                       DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                       DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                            throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                                   java.io.IOException

If the form was successfully submitted, redirect after processing the form data if possible.

Parameters:

pSuccessURL - the URL to redirect to if the form was successfully submitted

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Returns:

false if we redirect, true if we don't redirect

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

getContentItemDescriptor

protected atg.repository.content.ContentPropertyItemDescriptor getContentItemDescriptor()

Obtain the content item descriptor

setContentPathProperty

public void setContentPathProperty(java.lang.String pContentPathProperty)

set the contentPathProperty

getContentPathProperty

public java.lang.String getContentPathProperty()

Get the contentPathProperty. Can be set in property files or derived from contentItemDescriptor

setContentNameProperty

public void setContentNameProperty(java.lang.String pContentNameProperty)

set the contentNameProperty

getContentNameProperty

public java.lang.String getContentNameProperty()

Get the contentNameProperty. Can be set in property files or derived from contentItemDescriptor

setFolderIdProperty

public void setFolderIdProperty(java.lang.String pFolderIdProperty)

set the folderIdProperty

getFolderIdProperty

public java.lang.String getFolderIdProperty()

Get the folderIdPropertyName. Can be set in property files or derived from contentItemDescriptor

getSpecifiedIdPropertyValue

protected java.lang.Object getSpecifiedIdPropertyValue()
                                                throws RepositoryException

Return the id property value if it has been specified explicitly, otherwise return null.

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was an error while accessing the repository

checkForRequiredProperties

protected void checkForRequiredProperties(RepositoryItem pItem)
                                   throws RepositoryException

Makes sure all the required repository item properties have values submitted in the form. If any errors occur, form exceptions are added.

Parameters:

pItem - repository item being updated can be null if item is to be created

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was an error while accessing the repository

isTrimProperty

public boolean isTrimProperty(java.lang.String pProperty)

Tests whether pProperty should be trimmed or not

Specified by:

isTrimProperty in interface RepositoryFormData

Parameters:

pProperty - the name of the property to check to be trimmed

Returns:

true if pProperty should be trimmed

getValueProperty

protected java.lang.Object getValueProperty(java.lang.String pName)

Returns the value of a property from the value Dictionary.

setValueProperty

protected void setValueProperty(java.lang.String pName,
                    java.lang.Object pValue)

Sets the value of a property into the value Dictionary. If pValue is null then the property defined by pName is removed from the value Dictionary.

getItemProperty

protected java.lang.Object getItemProperty(java.lang.String pPropertyName)

If the repositoryId property is set, returns the value of the corresponding item's property. Otherwise, tries to get the default property value from the item descriptor. Returns null if no property value is found.

getRepositoryItem

public RepositoryItem getRepositoryItem()

Returns the repository item (if any) to edit from this form handler This is retrieved based on the repository, itemDescriptorName, and repositoryId properties;

Specified by:

getRepositoryItem in interface RepositoryFormData

Returns:

the repository item or null

getTransactionManager

protected javax.transaction.TransactionManager getTransactionManager()

Returns the transaction manager for the repository that we are using

getTransactionDemarcation

protected TransactionDemarcation getTransactionDemarcation()

Returns the transaction demaraction for this form handler

handleCreate

public boolean handleCreate(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                   DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                     throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                            java.io.IOException

Takes the current set of property values set as members of the value property and, if there were no errors in submitting the form, creates a new repository item, sets these property values in the new item, and adds the item persistently to the repository. If the repositoryId property is specified in the form, the new item is created with the given repository id; otherwise, an auto-generated unique id is used. The repositoryId is set to point to the repository id of the newly created item.

If any errors occur in the process, form errors will be added. If there were no errors encountered while submitting the form, we optionally redirect to the value of the property createSuccessURL. Otherwise, we optionally redirect to createErrorURL.

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

preCreateItem

protected void preCreateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                 DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                      throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                             java.io.IOException

This method is called just before the item creation process is started.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

postCreateItem

protected void postCreateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                  DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                       throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                              java.io.IOException

This method is called just after the item creation process is finished.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

handleUpdate

public boolean handleUpdate(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                   DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                     throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                            java.io.IOException

Takes the current set of property values set as members of the value property and, if there were no errors in submitting the form, modifies the item described by the repositoryId property with these values.

If any errors occur in the process, form errors will be added. If there were no errors encountered while submitting the form, we optionally redirect to the value of the property updateSuccessURL. Otherwise, we optionally redirect to updateErrorURL.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

preUpdateItem

protected void preUpdateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                 DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                      throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                             java.io.IOException

This method is called just before the item is updated.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

postUpdateItem

protected void postUpdateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                  DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                       throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                              java.io.IOException

This method is called just after the item is updated.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

updateItem

protected void updateItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
              DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                   throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                          java.io.IOException

Updates the repository item given by the current repository id. Values stored in the value property are saved into the repository item. If any errors occur in the process, form errors will be added.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

updateContentItemValues

protected void updateContentItemValues(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                           DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                                throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                                       java.io.IOException

Update folder item properties such as path

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException

java.io.IOException

updateItemProperties

protected void updateItemProperties(MutableRepositoryItem pItem,
                        java.util.Dictionary pValues,
                        java.lang.String pItemPath)
                             throws RepositoryException

Takes the current values of the value property and sticks them into the repository item given. Adds form errors if there were any problems.

Parameters:

pItem - the mutable repository item to update

pValues - the values map

pItemPath - any subitem path

Throws:

RepositoryException - if there was an error while accessing the repository

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

updateChildItemProperty

protected void updateChildItemProperty(RepositoryPropertyDescriptor pDesc,
                           java.lang.Object pValue,
                           java.lang.String pKey,
                           MutableRepositoryItem pItem,
                           java.lang.String pItemPath)
                                throws RepositoryException

Update single value property that is repository item

Parameters:

pDesc - RepositoryPropertyDescriptor for property

pValue - values dictionary for child item

pKey - property name

pItem - parent item

pItemPath - where repository item is relative to parent (could be child, grandchild etc)

Throws:

RepositoryException

updateListProperty

protected void updateListProperty(MutableRepositoryItem pItem,
                      RepositoryFormList pFormList)
                           throws RepositoryException

Goes through the set, array, or list property represented by the data we've collected from the RepositoryFormList object.

Throws:

RepositoryException

updateMapProperty

protected void updateMapProperty(MutableRepositoryItem pItem,
                     RepositoryFormMap pFormMap)
                          throws RepositoryException

Goes through the map property represented by the data we've collected from the RepositoryFormList object.

Throws:

RepositoryException

postUpdateItemProperties

protected void postUpdateItemProperties(MutableRepositoryItem pItem)
                                 throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                                        java.io.IOException

This method is called just after the updateItemProperties is completed. This allows subclasses to directly set properties of the repository item that would not be "digested" by the value dictionary.

Parameters:

pItem - the item being updated

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

handleDelete

public boolean handleDelete(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                   DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                     throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                            java.io.IOException

Deletes the item specified by the repositoryId property from the repository.

If any errors occur in the process, form errors will be added. If there were no errors encountered while submitting the form, we optionally redirect to the value of the property deleteSuccessURL. Otherwise, we optionally redirect to deleteErrorURL.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

preDeleteItem

protected void preDeleteItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                 DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                      throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                             java.io.IOException

This method is called just before the item is deleted from the repository.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

postDeleteItem

protected void postDeleteItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
                  DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                       throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                              java.io.IOException

This method is called just after the item is deleted from the repository.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

deleteItem

protected void deleteItem(DynamoHttpServletRequest pRequest,
              DynamoHttpServletResponse pResponse)
                   throws javax.servlet.ServletException,
                          java.io.IOException

Deletes the item given by the current repository id from the repository. If any errors occur in the process, form errors will be added.

Parameters:

pRequest - the servlet's request

pResponse - the servlet's response

Throws:

javax.servlet.ServletException - if there was an error while executing the code

java.io.IOException - if there was an error with servlet io

testPropertyAttribute

public static boolean testPropertyAttribute(DynamicPropertyDescriptor pDpd,
                            java.lang.String pAttrName,
                            java.lang.String pTest)

Test named attribute of specified property descriptor to see if it is equal to the value specified in pTest

Parameters:

pDpd - the property descriptor

pAttrName - the name of the property descriptor's attribute

pTest - the value to compare

Returns:

true if property descriptor's attribute equals pTest