Class JsmObject

Object
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   +--JsmObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

JsmCell, JsmTable, JsmTr, JsmWidget

class JsmObject

Root of all other jsm classes. It can be considered an abstract class.
Defined in net/sf/jsm/+jsmObject.js

Field Detail

_attributes

<private> Hash _attributes

Holds all specified attributes

_metaData

<private> Hash _metaData

Holds all specified meta data

className

String className

Holds the name of the class, in this case 'JsmObject'

id

String id

The id of the object; Has to be defined in the constructor of each object to: this.id=new Date().getTime() + "" + Math.random();

META_DATA_NAME_PROPERTY_PATH

String META_DATA_NAME_PROPERTY_PATH

Constant: Meta data name: propertyPath: The property path to a member of variable of a JavaBean according to Jakarta BeanUtils Used to store back dirty values into the server side bean

META_DATA_NAME_VALUE

String META_DATA_NAME_VALUE

Constant: Meta data name: value: For example a table cell uses this to store the value in its meta data. Used where the displayed value and the value to store back into the bean differs (eg. for selectboxes).

JsmObject

JsmObject()

Can not be instatiated.

addAttributesToViewComponent

void addAttributesToViewComponent(theViewComponent)

Adds all the attributes of the object to the view component

Parameters:
theViewComponent - The view component, eg. document.createElement("table");

getAttribute

String/Array getAttribute(<String> name)

Gets the specified attribute value or the array of attributes

Parameters:
name - Optional: Name of the attribute

Returns:
Returns null if attribute is not set

getId

String getId()

Get the objects id

getMetaData

String/Array getMetaData(<String> name)

Get the specified meta data value or the array of meta data

Parameters:
name - Optional: Name of the meta data

Returns:
Returns null if the meta data is not set

identify

String identify()

Returns the identity of each object

Returns:
The class name and the id

setAttribute

Object setAttribute(<String> name, <String> value)

Add an attribute to the object

Parameters:
name - Name of the attribute
value - Value of the attribute

Returns:
this

setId

Object setId(<String> theId)

Set the objects id

Parameters:
theId -

Returns:
this

setMetaData

Object setMetaData(<String> name, <String> value)

Add a meta data to the object

Parameters:
name - Name of the meta data
value - Value of the meta data

Returns:
this

toString

String toString()

Returns:
String representation of this object