com.taggercat.tags
Class PickAnchorTag

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      com.taggercat.tags.PickAnchorTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.JspTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

public class PickAnchorTag
extends javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

This is a convenience tag used to create anchor tags for pop-up pick elements. This tag is used in pop-up pick windows to make an item selectable.

<tc:pickAnchor dsn='skill' displayField='SkillName' codeField='SkillNum' javascript="setSelection" />
results in a tag like
<a href="javascript:setSelection('Electronics','1')">Electronics</a>

There are four placeholders that you can use in your href handler. They are:

1. {0} - the datasource name
2. {1} - the displayField value
3. {2} - the codeField value
4. {3} - the source rowID

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

PickAnchorTag()

Method Summary

int	doEndTag()
int	doStartTag() Creates the pick anchor tag.
void	setCodeField(java.lang.String codeField) Sets the codeField name attribute.
void	setDisplayField(java.lang.String displayField) Sets the displayField name attribute.
void	setDsn(java.lang.String dsn) Set the name of the data source this field is a member of.
void	setJavascript(java.lang.String javascript) Sets the setJavascript to call.
void	setQbfTarget(boolean qbfTarget) Set true if the target field for this pick is a QBF search field.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a String representation of this instance.

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

doAfterBody, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PickAnchorTag

public PickAnchorTag()

Method Detail

doEndTag

public int doEndTag()
             throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Specified by:

doEndTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

doEndTag in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

doStartTag

public int doStartTag()
               throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Creates the pick anchor tag.

Specified by:

doStartTag in interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

Overrides:

doStartTag in class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspTagException

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Returns:

SKIP_BODY this tag does not create a body

setCodeField

public void setCodeField(java.lang.String codeField)

Sets the codeField name attribute.

Parameters:

codeField - the new codeField value

setDisplayField

public void setDisplayField(java.lang.String displayField)

Sets the displayField name attribute.

Parameters:

displayField - the displayField

setDsn

public void setDsn(java.lang.String dsn)

Set the name of the data source this field is a member of.

Parameters:

dsn - the new dsn value

setJavascript

public void setJavascript(java.lang.String javascript)

Sets the setJavascript to call.

Parameters:

javascript - the Javascript method to call

setQbfTarget

public void setQbfTarget(boolean qbfTarget)

Set true if the target field for this pick is a QBF search field. If the target is a qbf search field and the pick field contains a comma, then wrap the field in escaped double quotes.

Parameters:

qbfTarget - set true if the target for this pick is a QBF field.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a String representation of this instance.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this instance