Tapestry5SelectObject

SelectObject Component

This is an alternative implementation of the Select core component that allows you to generate a drop down list based on a List<Object> attribute and retrieves the whole object as the result of the selection.

There are some other better ways to do this trick. After look into this, you may also see:

GenericSelectionModel.java

This is the model that the component will use to render your List. Add it to any package visible to the components package.

iimport java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.tapestry5.OptionGroupModel;
import org.apache.tapestry5.OptionModel;
import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.OptionModelImpl;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PropertyAccess;
import org.apache.tapestry5.util.AbstractSelectModel;

public class GenericSelectionModel<T> extends AbstractSelectModel {

       private String labelField;

       private List<T> list;

       private final PropertyAccess adapter;

       public GenericSelectionModel(List<T> list, String labelField, PropertyAccess adapter) {
               this.labelField = labelField;
               this.list = list;
               this.adapter = adapter;
       }

       public List<OptionGroupModel> getOptionGroups() {
               return null;
       }

       public List<OptionModel> getOptions() {
               List<OptionModel> optionModelList = new ArrayList<OptionModel>();
               for (T obj : list) {
                       if (labelField == null) {
                               optionModelList.add(new OptionModelImpl(obj + "", obj));
                       } else {
                               optionModelList.add(new OptionModelImpl(adapter.get(obj, labelField)+"", obj));
                       }
               }
               return optionModelList;
       }
}

GenericValueEncoder.java

This is the encoder that the component will use to get your selection. Add it to the same package of the GenericSelectionModel.

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ValueEncoder;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PropertyAccess;

public class GenericValueEncoder<T> implements ValueEncoder<T> {

       private List<T> list;
       private final PropertyAccess access;
       private final String fieldName;

       public GenericValueEncoder(List<T> list, String fieldName, PropertyAccess propertyAccess) {
               this.list = list;
               this.fieldName = fieldName;
               this.access = propertyAccess;
       }

       public String toClient(T obj) {
               if (fieldName == null) {
                       return obj + "";
               } else {
                       return access.get(obj,fieldName)+"";
               }
       }

       public T toValue(String string) {
               for (T obj : list) {
                       if (toClient(obj).equals(string)) return obj;
               }
               return null;
       }
}

SelectObject.java

This is the Select (org.apache.tapestry.corelib.components) with some simple modifications to use those models above and ommit part of the custom parameters.

package br.sfiec.t5teste.components;

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import org.apache.tapestry5.*;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.BeforeRenderTemplate;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Environmental;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Mixin;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Parameter;
import org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base.AbstractField;
import org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.data.BlankOption;
import org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.mixins.RenderDisabled;
import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.TapestryInternalUtils;
import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.util.SelectModelRenderer;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Messages;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Inject;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.internal.util.InternalUtils;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.PropertyAccess;
import org.apache.tapestry5.services.*;
import org.apache.tapestry5.util.EnumSelectModel;

import br.sfiec.t5teste.data.GenericSelectionModel;
import br.sfiec.t5teste.data.GenericValueEncoder;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * Select an item from a list of values, using an [X]HTML &lt;select&gt; element on the client side. An validation
 * decorations will go around the entire &lt;select&gt; element.
 * <p/>
 * A core part of this component is the {@link ValueEncoder} (the encoder parameter) that is used to convert between
 * server-side values and client-side strings. In many cases, a {@link ValueEncoder} can be generated automatically from
 * the type of the value parameter. The {@link ValueEncoderSource} service provides an encoder in these situations; it
 * can be overriden by binding the encoder parameter, or extended by contributing a {@link ValueEncoderFactory} into the
 * service's configuration.
 */
public class SelectObject extends AbstractField
{
    private class Renderer extends SelectModelRenderer
    {

        public Renderer(MarkupWriter writer)
        {
            super(writer, encoder);
        }

        @Override
        protected boolean isOptionSelected(OptionModel optionModel, String clientValue)
        {
            return isSelected(clientValue);
        }
    }

    @Inject
    private PropertyAccess propertyAccess;

    @Parameter(required = true)
    private List<Object> list;

    @Parameter
    private String labelField = null;

    private GenericSelectionModel<Object> model;

    private GenericValueEncoder<Object> encoder;
    
    /**
     * Allows a specific implementation of {@link ValueEncoder} to be supplied. This is used to create client-side
     * string values for the different options.
     *
     * @see ValueEncoderSource
     */
//    @Parameter
//    private ValueEncoder encoder;

    @Inject
    private ComponentDefaultProvider defaultProvider;

    @Inject
    private Locale locale;

    // Maybe this should default to property "<componentId>Model"?
    /**
     * The model used to identify the option groups and options to be presented to the user. This can be generated
     * automatically for Enum types.
     */
//    @Parameter(required = true, allowNull = false)
//    private SelectModel model;

    /**
     * Controls whether an additional blank option is provided. The blank option precedes all other options and is never
     * selected.  The value for the blank option is always the empty string, the label may be the blank string; the
     * label is from the blankLabel parameter (and is often also the empty string).
     */
    @Parameter(value = "auto", defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.LITERAL)
    private BlankOption blankOption;

    /**
     * The label to use for the blank option, if rendered.  If not specified, the container's message catalog is
     * searched for a key, <code><em>id</em>-blanklabel</code>.
     */
    @Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.LITERAL)
    private String blankLabel;

    @Inject
    private Request request;

    @Inject
    private ComponentResources resources;

    @Environmental
    private ValidationTracker tracker;

    /**
     * Performs input validation on the value supplied by the user in the form submission.
     */
    @Parameter(defaultPrefix = BindingConstants.VALIDATE)
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    private FieldValidator<Object> validate;

    /**
     * The value to read or update.
     */
    @Parameter(required = true, principal = true, autoconnect = true)
    private Object value;

    @Inject
    private FieldValidationSupport fieldValidationSupport;

    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    @Mixin
    private RenderDisabled renderDisabled;

    private String selectedClientValue;

    private boolean isSelected(String clientValue)
    {
        return TapestryInternalUtils.isEqual(clientValue, selectedClientValue);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
    @Override
    protected void processSubmission(String elementName)
    {
    	encoder = new GenericValueEncoder<Object>(list, labelField, propertyAccess);
    	
        String submittedValue = request.getParameter(elementName);

        tracker.recordInput(this, submittedValue);

        Object selectedValue = InternalUtils.isBlank(submittedValue)
                               ? null :
                               encoder.toValue(submittedValue);

        try
        {
            fieldValidationSupport.validate(selectedValue, resources, validate);

            value = selectedValue;
        }
        catch (ValidationException ex)
        {
            tracker.recordError(this, ex.getMessage());
        }
    }

    void afterRender(MarkupWriter writer)
    {
        writer.end();
    }

    void beginRender(MarkupWriter writer)
    {
        writer.element("select", "name", getControlName(), "id", getClientId());

        validate.render(writer);

        resources.renderInformalParameters(writer);
        
        encoder = new GenericValueEncoder<Object>(list, labelField, propertyAccess);
        model = new GenericSelectionModel<Object>(list, labelField, propertyAccess);
        
        // Disabled is via a mixin
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    ValueEncoder defaultEncoder()
    {
        return defaultProvider.defaultValueEncoder("value", resources);
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    SelectModel defaultModel()
    {
        Class valueType = resources.getBoundType("value");

        if (valueType == null) return null;

        if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(valueType))
            return new EnumSelectModel(valueType, resources.getContainerMessages());

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Computes a default value for the "validate" parameter using {@link FieldValidatorDefaultSource}.
     */
    FieldValidator defaultValidate()
    {
        return defaultProvider.defaultValidator("value", resources);
    }

    Object defaultBlankLabel()
    {
        Messages containerMessages = resources.getContainerMessages();

        String key = resources.getId() + "-blanklabel";

        if (containerMessages.contains(key)) return containerMessages.get(key);

        return null;
    }

    /**
     * Renders the options, including the blank option.
     */
    @BeforeRenderTemplate
    void options(MarkupWriter writer)
    {
        selectedClientValue = tracker.getInput(this);

        // Use the value passed up in the form submission, if available.
        // Failing that, see if there is a current value (via the value parameter), and
        // convert that to a client value for later comparison.

        if (selectedClientValue == null) selectedClientValue = value == null ? null : encoder.toClient(value);

        if (showBlankOption())
        {
            writer.element("option", "value", "");
            writer.write(blankLabel);
            writer.end();
        }


        SelectModelVisitor renderer = new Renderer(writer);

        model.visit(renderer);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isRequired()
    {
        return validate.isRequired();
    }

    private boolean showBlankOption()
    {
        switch (blankOption)
        {
            case ALWAYS:
                return true;

            case NEVER:
                return false;

            default:
                return !isRequired();
        }
    }

}

And you're done!

Usage

Using it is very simple. On your Page class, declare the attributes that the component will use:

public class SomePage {

   private SomeBean _someBean;
   private List<SomeBean> _beanList;

   public SomeBean getSomeBean(){
      return _someBean;
   }

   public void setSomeBean(SomeBean _someBean){
      this._someBean = _someBean;
   }
   
   public List<SomeBean> getBeanList(){
      return _beanList;
   }

   public void setBeanList(List<SomeBean> _beanList){
      this._beanList = _beanList;
   }
   
}

Then, on the html file, call the component as shown below (don't forget to populate the list before doing this):

<form t:type="Form">
   <t:selectObject list="beanList" value="someBean" labelField="literal:name"/>
   <t:submit/>
</form>

The labelField parameter receive the name of an atribute of the bean class that will be rendered as the options of the drop down list. The component will return to the _someBean attribute the value of the selection.

You can even have a List<String> as the list to be rendered. In this case, you have to ommit the label field parameter.

Important: your bean have to override the equals() method from the Object superclass, so the component can compare your current selection with the appropriate bean inside the list. The Eclipse IDE provide a simple default implementation that solves the problem. Go to the menu "Source/Generate hashCode() and equals()..." to use this feature.

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