Package com.portal.bas.comp

Class PIAFieldBean

java.lang.Object

com.portal.bas.PControllerImpl

com.portal.bas.PFieldControllerBean

com.portal.bas.comp.PIAFieldBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

PControllerBean, PFieldBean, PLightComponent, PropertyChangeListener, Serializable, Remote, Unreferenced, EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

PIACanonFieldBeanImpl, PIAGroupTreeBeanImpl, PIAListBeanImpl, PIAObjectFieldBeanImpl, PIAPaymentFieldBeanImpl, PIAPaymentOnFileFieldBeanImpl

public class PIAFieldBean
extends PFieldControllerBean
implements PropertyChangeListener, PLightComponent

Version:

%version: 2 % %date_modified: Thu Apr 19 17:43:25 2001 %

Author:

larrylf

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.portal.bas.PControllerImpl

mFList, mRemoteListeners, UPDATE_CLIENT, UPDATE_MODEL_CHANGE, UPDATE_NEW_MODEL, UPDATE_PROPERTY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PIAFieldBean()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getDataDescriptor()	Gets the data field description used by the component.
Object	getLightData()	Gets the lightweight data object.
Object	getRemoteListenerHandle(String type)	If the component's controller can listen for events from other controllers, getRemoteListenerHandle posts a listener and returns a handle to identify it.
Object	getSelectionDataFor(String dataItem, int index)	Given the name of a display data item and an optional index, returns the information needed for a selection event.
void	propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)
void	setLightData(Object value)	Sets the lightweight data object.
void	update(int reason, Object data)	Updates the field according to the displayFieldDescription property, if present.

Methods inherited from class com.portal.bas.PFieldControllerBean

getAssociatedClass, getDisplayFieldDescription, getDisplaySpec, getField, getFieldSpec, getModelFieldDescription, releaseSpecifications, revertToPrimary, setAssociatedClass, setDisplayFieldDescription, setField, setModelFieldDescription, togglePrimaryToSecondary

Methods inherited from class com.portal.bas.PControllerImpl

addRemoteListener, closeSecContext, createClientException, distributeEventToListeners, fireModelChangeEvent, getAppController, getArrayRange, getContext, getField, getField, getField, getFieldWithRestriction, getFieldWithRestriction, getFieldWithRestriction, getModel, getSecContext, handleDistributeToListener, isLight, register, releaseContext, releaseRemoteListener, removeRemoteListener, setField, setField, setModel, unreferenced

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PIAFieldBean

public PIAFieldBean()
             throws RemoteException

Throws:

RemoteException

Method Details

getDataDescriptor

public String getDataDescriptor()

Gets the data field description used by the component.

Specified by:

getDataDescriptor in interface PLightComponent

Returns:

A String description of the fields used by this component or null if there is none.

Throws:

RemoteException - thrown for errors

getLightData

public Object getLightData()

Gets the lightweight data object.

Specified by:

getLightData in interface PLightComponent

Returns:

The lightweight component's display value or null.

setLightData

public void setLightData(Object value)

Sets the lightweight data object. This is usually called by framework support as part of the lightweight component implementation.

Specified by:

setLightData in interface PLightComponent

Parameters:

value - the lightweight component's display data

update

public void update(int reason,
 Object data)
            throws RemoteException

Updates the field according to the displayFieldDescription property, if present.

Specified by:

update in class PControllerImpl

Parameters:

reason - the reason for the update

data - the updated object

Throws:

RemoteException - thrown for all errors

getSelectionDataFor

public Object getSelectionDataFor(String dataItem,
 int index)
                           throws RemoteException

Given the name of a display data item and an optional index, returns the information needed for a selection event. The information returned is usually model data.

Specified by:

getSelectionDataFor in interface PControllerBean

Parameters:

dataItem - the name of a data item. Must match the name of an item changed by sending a PViewDataChangeEvent.

index - an optional index into an array data item

Returns:

The model handle for the selected field or null.

Throws:

RemoteException - thrown for errors

getRemoteListenerHandle

public Object getRemoteListenerHandle(String type)
                               throws RemoteException

If the component's controller can listen for events from other controllers, getRemoteListenerHandle posts a listener and returns a handle to identify it.

Specified by:

getRemoteListenerHandle in interface PControllerBean

Overrides:

getRemoteListenerHandle in class PControllerImpl

Parameters:

type - the type of listener to get

Returns:

An object handle to identify this controller's listener, or null.

Throws:

RemoteException - thrown for all problems

propertyChange

public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt)

Specified by:

propertyChange in interface PropertyChangeListener