org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components

Class DateField

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.base.AbstractField

org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.DateField

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClientElement, Field

@Import(stylesheet="${tapestry.datepicker}/css/datepicker.css",
        module="t5/core/datefield")
 @Events(value="validate")
public class DateField
extends AbstractField

A component used to collect a provided date from the user using a client-side JavaScript calendar. Non-JavaScript clients can simply type into a text field. One aspect here is that, because client-side JavaScript formatting and parsing is so limited, we (currently) use Ajax to send the user's input to the server for parsing (before raising the popup) and formatting (after closing the popup). Weird and inefficient, but easier than writing client-side JavaScript for that purpose. Tapestry's DateField component is a wrapper around WebFX DatePicker.

See Also:

Form, TextField

Component Parameters

Name	Type	Flags	Default	Default Prefix
clientId	String			literal
	Used to explicitly set the client-side id of the element for this component. Normally this is not bound (or null) and org.apache.tapestry5.services.javascript.JavaScriptSupport#allocateClientId(org.apache.tapestry5.ComponentResources) is used to generate a unique client-id based on the component's id. In some cases, when creating client-side behaviors, it is useful to explicitly set a unique id for an element using this parameter. Certain values, such as "submit", "method", "reset", etc., will cause client-side conflicts and are not allowed; using such will cause a runtime exception.
ensureClientIdUnique	boolean	Since 5.4		prop
	A rarely used option that indicates that the actual client id should start with the clientId parameter (if non-null) but should still pass that Id through org.apache.tapestry5.services.javascript.JavaScriptSupport#allocateClientId(String) to generate the final id. An example of this are the components used inside a org.apache.tapestry5.corelib.components.BeanEditor which will specify a clientId (based on the property name) but still require that it be unique. Defaults to false.
format	java.text.DateFormat	Required, Not Null		literal
	The format used to format and parse dates. This is typically specified as a string which is coerced to a DateFormat. You should be aware that using a date format with a two digit year is problematic: Java (not Tapestry) may get confused about the century.
hideTextField	boolean			prop
	If true, then the text field will be hidden, and only the icon for the date picker will be visible. The default is false.
icon	org.apache.tapestry5.Asset			asset
	Icon used for the date field trigger button. This was used in Tapestry 5.3 and earlier and is now ignored.
lenient	boolean	Since 5.4		prop
	When the format parameter isn't used, this parameter defines whether the DateFormat created by this component will be lenient or not. The default value of this parameter is the value of the org.apache.tapestry5.SymbolConstants#LENIENT_DATE_FORMAT symbol.
messages	org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Messages	Since 5.2.0.0	componentResources.messages	prop
	Used to override the component's message catalog.
type	String	Not Null, Since 5.4	text	literal
	Allows the type of field to be output; normally this is "text", but can be updated to "date" or "datetime" as per the HTML 5 specification.
validate	org.apache.tapestry5.FieldValidator			validate
	The object that will perform input validation (which occurs after translation). The translate binding prefix is generally used to provide this object in a declarative fashion.
value	java.util.Date	Required		prop
	The value parameter of a DateField must be a java.util.Date.

Component Events

Name	Description
validate

Examples

The DateField component is very easy to use, all the JavaScript is generated for you. Then end result looks like:

Note: these screenshots are out of date, and reflect an earlier version of Tapestry and a different third-party JavaScript calendar than is currently available.

Clicking the icon raises the popup calendar:

DateFieldDemo.tml

<html xmlns:t="http://tapestry.apache.org/schema/tapestry_5_0_0.xsd">
    <body>
        <t:form>
            <div class="t-beaneditor">
                <div class="t-beaneditrow">
                    <t:label for="date"/>
                    <t:datefield t:id="date"/>
                </div>
                <div class="t-beaneditrow">
                    <input type="submit" value="Update"/>
                </div>
            </div>
        </t:form>
    </body>
</html>

The use of the extra

elements is to trigger the CSS styles that are usually used as part of a BeanEditForm. Just the <t:datefield> element is all that's really necessary.

Field Summary

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

cssClass, decorator, defaultProvider, disabled, environment, fieldValidationSupport, formSupport, javaScriptSupport, label, request, resources, validationTracker

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DateField()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isRequired() Returns false; most components do not support declarative validation.
protected void	processSubmission(String controlName) 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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DateField

public DateField()

Method Detail

processSubmission

protected void processSubmission(String controlName)

Description copied from class: AbstractField

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

Specified by:

processSubmission in class AbstractField

Parameters:

controlName - the control name of the rendered element (used to find the correct parameter in the request)

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

Description copied from class: AbstractField

Returns false; most components do not support declarative validation.

Specified by:

isRequired in interface Field

Overrides:

isRequired in class AbstractField

Returns:

true if a non-blank value is required for the field