added the hidden list field type

lib/WebGUI/Form/checkList.pm

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package WebGUI::Form::checkList;
 use strict;
 use base 'WebGUI::Form::Control';
 use WebGUI::Form::checkbox;
+use WebGUI::Form::hiddenList;
 use WebGUI::International;
 use WebGUI::Session;
 
@@ -141,7 +142,23 @@ sub toHtml {
         return $output;
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head2 toHtmlAsHidden ( )
+
+Creates a series of hidden fields representing the data in the list.
+
+=cut
+
+sub toHtmlAsHidden {
+        my $self = shift;
+        return WebGUI::Form::hiddenList->new(
+                value=>$self->{value},
+                defaultValue=>$self->{defaultValue},
+                name=>$self->{name},
+                options=>$self->{options}
+                )->toHtmlAsHidden;
+}
 
 1;
 

lib/WebGUI/Form/hiddenList.pm

@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package WebGUI::Form::hiddenList;
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2005 Plain Black Corporation.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use base 'WebGUI::Form::Control';
+use WebGUI::International;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Package WebGUI::Form::hiddenList
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Creates a list of hidden fields. This is to be used by list type controls (selectList, checkList, etc) to store their vaiuses as hidden values.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+This is a subclass of WebGUI::Form::Control.
+
+=head1 METHODS 
+
+The following methods are specifically available from this class. Check the superclass for additional methods.
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 definition ( [ additionalTerms ] )
+
+See the super class for additional details.
+
+=head3 additionalTerms
+
+The following additional parameters have been added via this sub class.
+
+=head4 options
+
+A hash reference containing name value pairs. The name of each pair will be used to fill the value attribute of the hidden field. Defaults to an empty hash reference.
+
+=head4 defaultValue
+
+value and defaultValue are array referneces containing the names from the options list that should be stored.
+
+=cut
+
+sub definition {
+        my $class = shift;
+        my $definition = shift || [];
+        push(@{$definition}, {
+                options=>{
+                        defaultValue=>{}
+                        },
+                defaultValue=>{
+                        defaultValue=>[]
+                        }
+                });
+        return $class->SUPER::definition($definition);
+}
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 getName ()
+
+Returns the human readable name or type of this form control.
+
+=cut
+
+sub getName {
+        return WebGUI::International::get("hidden list","WebGUI");
+}
+
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 toHtml ( )
+
+A synonym for toHtmlAsHidden.
+
+=cut
+
+sub toHtml {
+	my $self = shift;
+	$self->toHtmlAsHidden;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 toHtmlAsHidden ( )
+
+Renders an input tag of type hidden.
+
+=cut
+
+sub toHtmlAsHidden {
+	my $self = shift;
+	my $output;
+        foreach my $key (keys %{$self->{options}}) {
+                foreach my $item (@{$self->{values}}) {
+                        if ($item eq $key) {
+                                $output .= hidden({
+                                        name=>$self->{name},
+                                        value=>$self->fixMacros($self->fixQuotes($self->fixSpecialCharacters($key)))
+                                        });
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+	return $output;
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 toHtmlWithWrapper ( )
+
+A synonym for toHtmlAsHidden.
+
+=cut
+
+sub toHtmlWithWrapper {
+	my $self = shift;
+	return $self->toHtmlAsHidden;
+}
+
+
+1;
+

lib/WebGUI/Form/selectList.pm

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ package WebGUI::Form::selectList;
 
 use strict;
 use base 'WebGUI::Form::Control';
+use WebGUI::Form::hiddenList;
 use WebGUI::International;
 use WebGUI::Session;
 
@@ -154,7 +155,23 @@ sub toHtml {
         return $output;
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+=head2 toHtmlAsHidden ( )
+
+Creates a series of hidden fields representing the data in the list.
+
+=cut
+
+sub toHtmlAsHidden {
+	my $self = shift;
+	return WebGUI::Form::hiddenList->new(
+		value=>$self->{value},
+		defaultValue=>$self->{defaultValue},
+		name=>$self->{name},
+		options=>$self->{options}
+		)->toHtmlAsHidden;
+}
 
 1;