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014
015 package org.apache.tapestry.form;
016
017 import org.apache.tapestry.IComponent;
018 import org.apache.tapestry.json.JSONObject;
019
020 /**
021 * Object that provides support to objects that implement
022 * {@link org.apache.tapestry.form.FormComponentContributor}. For the moment, at least, this is all
023 * about client-side JavaScript generation.
024 * <p>
025 * TODO: Having support for regular expressions might be useful (and would allow a single
026 * {@link RegexpMatcher to be shared).
027 *
028 * @author Howard Lewis Ship
029 * @since 4.0
030 */
031 public interface FormComponentContributorContext extends ValidationMessages
032 {
033 /**
034 * Includes the indicated script; the path is a path on the classpath.
035 */
036
037 void includeClasspathScript(String path);
038
039 /**
040 * Adds initialization to register a submit handler on the client side. A submit handler is a
041 * JavaScript method that accepts a single parameter, a (JavaScript) FormSubmitEvent.
042 *
043 * @param submitListener
044 * either the name of a submit listener ("myListener"), or an inline implementation
045 * of a listener function ("function(event) { ... } ").
046 */
047
048 void addSubmitHandler(String handler);
049
050 /**
051 * Adds initialization javascript code that will be executed on page/content/etc load.
052 * @param target
053 * The component the script is being added for.
054 * @param script
055 * The javascript code to execute.
056 */
057 void addInitializationScript(IComponent target, String script);
058
059 /**
060 * Registers a field for automatic focus. The goal is for the first field that is in error to
061 * get focus; failing that, the first required field; failing that, any field.
062 *
063 * @param priority
064 * a priority level used to determine whether the registered field becomes the focus
065 * field. Constants for this purpose are defined in {@link ValidationConstants}.
066 * @see org.apache.tapestry.FormBehavior#registerForFocus(IFormComponent, int)
067 */
068
069 void registerForFocus(int priority);
070
071 /**
072 * The javascript object profile being built by this context to validate/translate
073 * form values. This is really just a delegate to {@link FormBehavior}.
074 * @return {@link JSONObject} profile.
075 */
076 JSONObject getProfile();
077 }