package WebGUI::Form::Control; =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 WebGUI::Session; =head1 NAME Package WebGUI::Form::Control =head1 DESCRIPTION Base class for all form field objects. Never use this class directly. =head1 SYNOPSIS use base 'WebGUI::Form::Control'; ...your methods here... Subclasses will look like this: use WebGUI::Form::subclass; my $obj = WebGUI::Form::subclass->new(%params); my $html = $obj->toHtml; my $html = $obj->toHtmlAsHidden; my $tableRows = $obj->toHtmlWithWrapper; =head1 METHODS The following methods are available via this package. =cut #------------------------------------------------------------------- =head2 definition ( [ additionalTerms ] ) Defines the schema or parameters for a form field. =head3 additionalTerms An array reference containing a hash of hashes of parameter names and their definitions. Example: [{ myParam=>{ defaultValue=>undef } }] By default all form fields have the following parameters: =head4 name The field name. =head4 value The starting value for the field. =head4 defaultValue If no starting value is specified, this will be used instead. =head4 extras Add extra attributes to the form tag like onmouseover='doSomething()' =head4 label A text label that will be displayed if toHtmlWithWrapper() is called. Defaults to the getName() method call. =head4 uiLevel The UI Level that the user must meet or exceed if this field should be displayed with toHtmlWithWrapper() is called. =head4 uiLevelOverride An identifier that will be grabbed from the config file to determine the uiLevel. If the uiLevelOverride is "Article" and the name is "title" then the entry in the config file would look like: Article_uiLevel = title => 5 =head4 subtext A text string that will be appended after the field when toHtmlWithWrapper() is called. =head4 labelClass A stylesheet class assigned to the label with toHtmlWithWrapper() is called. Defaults to "formDescription". =head4 fieldClass A stylesheet class assigned to wrapper the field when toHtmlWithWrapper() is called. Defaults to "tableData". =head4 rowClass A stylesheet class assigned to each label/field pair. =head4 hoverHelp A text string that will pop up when the user hovers over the label when toHtmlWithWrapper() is called. This string should indicate how to use the field and is usually tied into the help system. =cut sub definition { my $class = shift; my $definition = shift || []; push(@{$definition}, { name=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, value=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, extras=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, defaultValue=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, label=>{ defaultValue=>$class->getName }, uiLevel=>{ defaultValue=>1 }, uiLevelOverride=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, labelClass=>{ defaultValue=>"formDescription" }, fieldClass=>{ defaultValue=>"tableData" }, rowClass=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, hoverHelp=>{ defaultValue=>undef }, subtext=>{ defaultValue=>undef } }); return $definition; } #------------------------------------------------------------------- =head2 getName ( ) Returns a human readable name for this form control type. You MUST override this method with your own when creating new form controls. =cut sub getName { return "Form control not properly created." } #------------------------------------------------------------------- =head2 fixMacros ( string ) Returns the string having converted all macros in the string to HTML entities so that they won't be processed my the macro engine, but instead will be displayed. =head3 string The string to search for macros in. =cut sub fixMacros { my $self = shift; my $value = shift; $value =~ s/\^/\&\#94\;/g; return $value; } #------------------------------------------------------------------- =head2 fixQuotes ( string ) Returns the string having replaced quotes with HTML entities. This is important so not to screw up HTML attributes which use quotes as delimiters. =head3 string The string to search for quotes in. =cut sub fixQuotes { my $self = shift; my $value = shift; $value =~ s/\"/\"\;/g; return $value; } #------------------------------------------------------------------- =head2 fixSpecialCharacters ( string ) Returns a string having converted any characters that have special meaning in HTML to HTML entities. Currently the only character is ampersand. =head3 string The string to search for special characters in. =cut sub fixSpecialCharacters { my $self = shift; my $value = shift; $value =~ s/\&/\&\;/g; return $value; } #------------------------------------------------------------------- =head2 fixTags ( string ) Returns a string having converted HTML tags into HTML entities. This is useful when you have HTML that you need to render inside of a