com.jcorporate.expresso.services.html
Class Form

java.lang.Object
  com.jcorporate.expresso.services.html.HtmlElement
      com.jcorporate.expresso.services.html.Form

public class Form

extends HtmlElement

An HTML form

Version:

$Revision $Date: 2004/11/17 20:48:18 $

Author:

Michael Nash

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.services.html.HtmlElement

attributes, contents, cSSClass, cSSID

Constructor Summary

Form()
Constructor

Form(HtmlElement newElement)
Constructor Create a form with the contents of the given element

Form(String newName)
Constructor

Method Summary

protected void	display(PrintWriter out, int depth) Display the form
void	setAction(String newAction) Set the "action" field of this form - what happens when the form is submitted
void	setEncoding(String newEncoding) Set the "enctype" field of this form - sets the encoding of the request to the server
void	setMethod(String newMethod) Set the "method" of this form - post or get

Methods inherited from class com.jcorporate.expresso.services.html.HtmlElement

add, display, finalize, getAttribute, getContentCount, getCSSClass, getName, padWithTabs, setAttribute, setCSSClass, setCSSID, setDisplayed, setName, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Form

public Form()
     throws HtmlException

Constructor

Throws:

HtmlException - If the superclass constructor fails

Form

public Form(HtmlElement newElement)
     throws HtmlException

Constructor Create a form with the contents of the given element

Parameters:

newElement - An HTML element to be the contents of this form

Throws:

HtmlException - If the parameter is invalid

Form

public Form(String newName)
     throws HtmlException

Constructor

Parameters:

newName - Name of the form

Throws:

HtmlException - if the parameter is invalid or the superclass constructor fails

Method Detail

display

protected void display(PrintWriter out,
                       int depth)
                throws HtmlException

Display the form

Specified by:

display in class HtmlElement

Parameters:

depth - the number of tabs to indent

out - PrintWriter for display

Throws:

HtmlException - If there is an error displaying the form

setAction

public void setAction(String newAction)
               throws HtmlException

Set the "action" field of this form - what happens when the form is submitted

Parameters:

newAction - New Action field for this form

Throws:

HtmlException - if the parameter is invalid

setEncoding

public void setEncoding(String newEncoding)
                 throws HtmlException

Set the "enctype" field of this form - sets the encoding of the request to the server

Parameters:

newEncoding - New ENCTYPE field for this form

Throws:

HtmlException - if the parameter is invalid

setMethod

public void setMethod(String newMethod)
               throws HtmlException

Set the "method" of this form - post or get

Parameters:

newMethod - POST or GET

Throws:

HtmlException - If the parameter is invalid