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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.form;
016
017 import org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter;
018 import org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle;
019 import org.apache.tapestry.valid.ValidatorException;
020
021 /**
022 * Implements a component that manages an HTML <input type=checkbox> form element. [ <a
023 * href="../../../../../ComponentReference/Checkbox.html">Component Reference </a>]
024 * <p>
025 * As of 4.0, this component can be validated.
026 *
027 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
028 * @author Paul Ferraro
029 */
030 public abstract class Checkbox extends AbstractFormComponent implements ValidatableField
031 {
032 /**
033 * @see org.apache.tapestry.form.validator.AbstractRequirableField#renderRequirableFormComponent(org.apache.tapestry.IMarkupWriter,
034 * org.apache.tapestry.IRequestCycle)
035 */
036 protected void renderFormComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
037 {
038 writer.beginEmpty("input");
039 writer.attribute("type", "checkbox");
040
041 writer.attribute("name", getName());
042
043 if (isDisabled())
044 writer.attribute("disabled", "disabled");
045
046 if (getValue())
047 writer.attribute("checked", "checked");
048
049 renderIdAttribute(writer, cycle);
050
051 renderInformalParameters(writer, cycle);
052
053 writer.closeTag();
054 }
055
056 /**
057 * In traditional HTML, many checkboxes would have the same name but different values. Under
058 * Tapestry, it makes more sense to have different names and a fixed value. For a checkbox, we
059 * only care about whether the name appears as a request parameter.
060 */
061 protected void rewindFormComponent(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle)
062 {
063 String value = cycle.getParameter(getName());
064
065 try
066 {
067 // This is atypical validation - since this component does not explicitly bind to an object
068 getValidatableFieldSupport().validate(this, writer, cycle, value);
069
070 setValue(value != null);
071 }
072 catch (ValidatorException e)
073 {
074 getForm().getDelegate().record(e);
075 }
076 }
077
078 public abstract boolean getValue();
079
080 public abstract void setValue(boolean selected);
081
082 /**
083 * Injected.
084 */
085 public abstract ValidatableFieldSupport getValidatableFieldSupport();
086
087 /**
088 * @see org.apache.tapestry.form.AbstractFormComponent#isRequired()
089 */
090 public boolean isRequired()
091 {
092 return getValidatableFieldSupport().isRequired(this);
093 }
094 }