net.windward.tags
Class LinkTag

net.windward.tags.BaseTag
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public class LinkTag

extends BaseTag

Create a hyperlink from a node. This tag represents a <wr:link ...> in the template. The full usage is <wr:link url="./name"> ... other text ... </wr:link> which will include the template between the link and the end as the hypertext in the report.
The full list of attributes is:

• select - required (or value) - the node whose value will be set as the url for the hyperlink.
• value - required (or select) - the node whose value will be set as the url for the hyperlink.

It is an error to enter <wr:link url="./name"/>
This tag follows the jstl example of c:redirect.

Version:

2.0 November 1, 2003

Field Summary

static int	MODE_SELECT
static int	MODE_VALUE

Fields inherited from class net.windward.tags.BaseTag

CHART, COLUMN, DISPLAY_ALWAYS, DISPLAY_NOT_EMPTY, DISPLAY_NOT_NULL, ELSE, END_FOREACH, END_IF, END_LINK, END_MATRIX, ESCAPE, FOREACH, FUNCTION, HTML, IF, IMPORT, LINK, MATRIX, OUT, PROP_COMMENT, PROP_DATASOURCE, PROP_DEFAULT, PROP_DISPLAY, PROP_ENABLED, PROP_INPUT, PROP_PATTERN, PROP_TITLE, PROP_TYPE, PROP_VAR, PROP_WRAP, QUERY, ROW, SET, TAG_DISPLAY_DEFAULT, TAG_DISPLAY_SELECT, TAG_DISPLAY_TAG, TYPE_BITMAP, TYPE_BOTH, TYPE_CURRENCY, TYPE_DATE, TYPE_NUMBER, TYPE_PERCENT, TYPE_TIME, WRAP_BEHIND, WRAP_FRONT, WRAP_INLINE, WRAP_SQUARE

Constructor Summary

LinkTag(java.util.Map map, boolean selfContained, int nestLevel, boolean ignoreErrors)
Create a link element using the passed in map values.

Method Summary

net.windward.document.Element	dup(boolean sameRefId) Makes a duplicate of this object.
int	getXmlType() Returns which type of xml element this is.
java.lang.String	toDisplay(int type) How this node is displayed on the page when in a field.
java.lang.String	toString() This object as a string in the format "If[1]..." where the number is it's level.
java.lang.String	toText() Converts this node back in to it's string representation in the document

Methods inherited from class net.windward.tags.BaseTag

containsAttribute, factory, factory, getAttribute, getAttributes, getBean, getDatasource, getIntAttribute, getLevel, getMode, getNode, getType, setLevel, setNode, toTagText

Field Detail

MODE_SELECT

public static final int MODE_SELECT

MODE_VALUE

public static final int MODE_VALUE

Constructor Detail

LinkTag

public LinkTag(java.util.Map map,
               boolean selfContained,
               int nestLevel,
               boolean ignoreErrors)
        throws TagException

Create a link element using the passed in map values.

Parameters:

map - Must have a url entry.

selfContained - Must be false.

nestLevel - The nest level for this while. A matching if/while will have the same level.

Throws:

TagException - thrown if illegal parameters passed in.

Method Detail

toText

public java.lang.String toText()
                        throws TagException

Converts this node back in to it's string representation in the document

Overrides:

toText in class BaseTag

Returns:

<wr:link url=node> type string.

toDisplay

public java.lang.String toDisplay(int type)

How this node is displayed on the page when in a field.

Overrides:

toDisplay in class BaseTag

Parameters:

type - One of the DISPLAY_* constants

Returns:

title, end of select, or <cmd> type string.

dup

public net.windward.document.Element dup(boolean sameRefId)

Makes a duplicate of this object. A deep clone is done so the new object shares nothing with the original object.

Parameters:

sameRefId -

Returns:

The new duplicate of this object

getXmlType

public int getXmlType()

Returns which type of xml element this is.

Overrides:

getXmlType in class BaseTag

Returns:

LINK

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This object as a string in the format "If[1]..." where the number is it's level.

Returns:

A String listing this element.