org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core

Class UseListTag

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport

org.apache.commons.jelly.DynaTagSupport

org.apache.commons.jelly.MapTagSupport

org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.UseBeanTag

org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.UseListTag

All Implemented Interfaces:

DynaTag, BeanSource, CollectionTag, Tag

public class UseListTag
extends UseBeanTag
implements CollectionTag

A tag which creates a List implementation and optionally adds all of the elements identified by the items attribute. The exact implementation of List can be specified via the class attribute

Version:

$Revision: 155420 $

Author:

James Strachan

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport

body, context, parent

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UseListTag()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addItem(java.lang.Object value)
java.lang.Class	getAttributeType(java.lang.String name)
protected java.lang.Class	getDefaultClass() Allows derived classes to provide a default bean implementation class
java.util.List	getList()
protected void	processBean(java.lang.String var, java.lang.Object bean) By default this will export the bean using the given variable if it is defined.
protected void	setBeanProperties(java.lang.Object bean, java.util.Map attributes) Sets the properties on the bean.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.tags.core.UseBeanTag

addIgnoreProperty, convertToClass, doTag, getBean, getIgnorePropertySet, isIgnoreUnknownProperties, loadClass, newInstance, setBean, setIgnoreUnknownProperties, validateBeanProperties

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.MapTagSupport

createAttributes, getAttributes, setAttribute

Methods inherited from class org.apache.commons.jelly.TagSupport

findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, findAncestorWithClass, getBody, getBodyText, getBodyText, getContext, getParent, invokeBody, isEscapeText, isTrim, setBody, setContext, setEscapeText, setParent, setTrim, trimBody

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.commons.jelly.Tag

getBody, getContext, getParent, invokeBody, setBody, setContext, setParent

Constructor Detail

UseListTag

public UseListTag()

Method Detail

getList

public java.util.List getList()

addItem

public void addItem(java.lang.Object value)

Specified by:

addItem in interface CollectionTag

getAttributeType

public java.lang.Class getAttributeType(java.lang.String name)
                                 throws JellyTagException

Specified by:

getAttributeType in interface DynaTag

Overrides:

getAttributeType in class DynaTagSupport

Returns:

the type of the given attribute. By default just return Object.class if this is not known.

Throws:

JellyTagException

setBeanProperties

protected void setBeanProperties(java.lang.Object bean,
                     java.util.Map attributes)
                          throws JellyTagException

Description copied from class: UseBeanTag

Sets the properties on the bean. Derived tags could implement some custom type conversion etc.

This method ignores all property names in the Set returned by UseBeanTag.getIgnorePropertySet().

Overrides:

setBeanProperties in class UseBeanTag

Throws:

JellyTagException

processBean

protected void processBean(java.lang.String var,
               java.lang.Object bean)
                    throws JellyTagException

Description copied from class: UseBeanTag

By default this will export the bean using the given variable if it is defined. This Strategy method allows derived tags to process the beans in different ways such as to register this bean with its parent tag etc.

Overrides:

processBean in class UseBeanTag

Throws:

JellyTagException

getDefaultClass

protected java.lang.Class getDefaultClass()

Description copied from class: UseBeanTag

Allows derived classes to provide a default bean implementation class

Overrides:

getDefaultClass in class UseBeanTag