org.chenillekit.tapestry.core.components.prototype_ui
Class AutoComplete

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base.AbstractField
      org.chenillekit.tapestry.core.components.prototype_ui.AutoComplete

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClientElement, Field

@Import(library={"../../Chenillekit.js","prototype-ui.js","AutoComplete.js"},
        stylesheet={"themes/auto_complete/default.css","themes/shadow/drop_shadow.css","themes/shadow/auto_complete.css"})
public class AutoComplete
extends AbstractField

This AutoComplete component based on Prototype-UI's autocomplete widget.

Version:

$Id: AutoComplete.java 674 2010-07-29 12:47:25Z homburgs $

Constructor Summary

AutoComplete()

Method Summary

protected void	configure(JSONObject options) Invoked to allow subclasses to further configure the parameters passed to this component's javascript options.
protected JSONArray	generateResponseMarkup(List matches) Generates the markup response that will be returned to the client; this should be an <ul> element with nested <li> elements.
protected void	processSubmission(String elementName) Method implemented by subclasses to actually do the work of processing the submission of the form.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base.AbstractField

createDefaultParameterBinding, decorateInsideField, getClientId, getControlName, getLabel, isDisabled, isRequired, putPropertyNameIntoBeanValidationContext, removePropertyNameFromBeanValidationContext, setDecorator, setFormSupport

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AutoComplete

public AutoComplete()

Method Detail

configure

protected void configure(JSONObject options)

Invoked to allow subclasses to further configure the parameters passed to this component's javascript options. Subclasses may override this method to configure additional features of this component.

This implementation does nothing. For more information about window options look at this page.

Parameters:

options - windows option object

processSubmission

protected void processSubmission(String elementName)

Method implemented by subclasses to actually do the work of processing the submission of the form. The element's elementName property will already have been set. This method is only invoked if the field is not disabled.

Specified by:

processSubmission in class AbstractField

Parameters:

elementName - the name of the element (used to find the correct parameter in the request)

generateResponseMarkup

protected JSONArray generateResponseMarkup(List matches)

Generates the markup response that will be returned to the client; this should be an <ul> element with nested <li> elements. Subclasses may override this to produce more involved markup (including images and CSS class attributes).

Parameters:

matches - list of matching objects, each should be converted to a string