org.fireweb.html

Class Form

java.lang.Object

org.fireweb.Element

org.fireweb.html.Form

@Type(tagName="form")
public class Form
extends Element

By default element have method = Method.Post and enctype = Enctype.Multipart. The <form> tag is used to create an HTML form for user input. A form can contain input elements like text fields, checkboxes, radio-buttons, submit buttons and more. A forms can also contain select menus, textarea, fieldset, legend, and label elements. Forms are used to pass data to a server.

Since:

2.0

Version:

2.0

Author:

Piotr Ptak

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Form.Enctype Represent type of how form-data should be encoded
static class	Form.Method Represent type of how to send form-data

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Form()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	drawAttributes()
java.lang.String	getAccept() Specifies the types of files that can be submitted through a file upload.
java.lang.String	getAcceptCharset() Specifies the character-sets the server can handle for form-data.
java.lang.String	getAction() Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitte.
Form.Enctype	getEnctype() Specifies how form-data should be encoded before sending it to a server.
Form.Method	getMethod() Specifies how to send form-data.
Form	setAccept(java.lang.String accept) Set "accept" property and if element was draw call script at browser.
Form	setAcceptCharset(java.lang.String acceptCharset) Set "acceptCharset" property and if element was draw call script at browser.
Form	setAction(java.lang.String action) Set "action" property and if element was draw call script at browser.
Form	setEnctype(Form.Enctype enctype) Set "enctype" property and if element was draw call script at browser.
Form	setMethod(Form.Method method) Set "method" property and if element was draw call script at browser.
Form	submit() Submit the form.

Methods inherited from class org.fireweb.Element

add, addAllDropTargets, addDropTarget, addListener, addStyleClass, alert, assignText, callBack, callBack, callScript, clearDropTargets, clearElements, clearElements, confirm, confirm, drawAttribute, findElement, findParent, findViewElements, fireEvent, fireEvent, fireEventOnView, fireEventOnView, firePropertyChange, focus, getApplication, getBundle, getBundleObject, getCustomDragMove, getDir, getDragDropEventsOptions, getDropTargets, getElements, getElements, getEventListeners, getId, getLang, getParent, getStyle, getStyleClass, getTabIndex, getText, getTitle, insert, isChildrenSetChanged, isContenteditable, isDraggable, isDrawn, isEscapeText, isListening, isListening, isListening, print, prompt, prompt, remove, remove, removeAttribute, removeDropTarget, removeListener, removeListener, removeParent, removeStyleClass, replace, replaceStyleClass, retrieveListeners, retrieveListeners, setChangeChildrenSet, setContenteditable, setCustomDragMove, setDir, setDragDropEventsOptions, setDraggable, setDrawn, setEscapeText, setLang, setParent, setStyle, setStyleClass, setTabIndex, setText, setTitle, transformTagName

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Form

public Form()

Method Detail

drawAttributes

@InitializeAttributes
public void drawAttributes()

submit

public Form submit()

Submit the form. By calling JavaScript

Returns:

this

getAction

public java.lang.String getAction()

Specifies where to send the form-data when a form is submitte.

Returns:

the action

setAction

public Form setAction(java.lang.String action)

Set "action" property and if element was draw call script at browser.

Parameters:

action - the action to set. If is null call set empty value to element at browser. If not null call set "action" property of element at browser.

Returns:

this

getAccept

public java.lang.String getAccept()

Specifies the types of files that can be submitted through a file upload.

Returns:

the accept

setAccept

public Form setAccept(java.lang.String accept)

Set "accept" property and if element was draw call script at browser.

Parameters:

accept - the accept to set. If is null call set empty value to element at browser. If not null call set "accept" property of element at browser.

Returns:

this

getAcceptCharset

public java.lang.String getAcceptCharset()

Specifies the character-sets the server can handle for form-data.

Returns:

the acceptCharset

setAcceptCharset

public Form setAcceptCharset(java.lang.String acceptCharset)

Set "acceptCharset" property and if element was draw call script at browser.

Parameters:

acceptCharset - the acceptCharset to set. If is null call set empty value to element at browser. If not null call set "acceptCharset" property of element at browser.

Returns:

this

getEnctype

public Form.Enctype getEnctype()

Specifies how form-data should be encoded before sending it to a server.

Returns:

the enctype

setEnctype

public Form setEnctype(Form.Enctype enctype)

Set "enctype" property and if element was draw call script at browser. In case of IE property name is "enctype" and the others is "encoding".

Parameters:

enctype - the enctype to set. If is null call set empty value to element at browser. If not null call set "enctype" property of element at browser.

Returns:

this

getMethod

public Form.Method getMethod()

Specifies how to send form-data.

Returns:

the method

setMethod

public Form setMethod(Form.Method method)

Set "method" property and if element was draw call script at browser.

Parameters:

method - the method to set. If is null call set empty value property of element at browser. If not null call set "method" property of element at browser.

Returns:

this