er.directtoweb
Class ERDAssignment

java.lang.Object
  com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment
      er.directtoweb.ERDAssignment

All Implemented Interfaces:

EOKeyValueArchiving, ERDComputingAssignmentInterface, Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ERDDefaultActionAssignment, ERDDefaultCancelCreationMessageAssignment, ERDDefaultConfigurationNameAssignment, ERDDefaultDisplayNameAssignment, ERDDefaultEntityNameAssignment, ERDDefaultModelAssignment, ERDDefaultPropertyNameAssignment, ERDDefaultsEmbeddedAssignment, ERDImageNameAssignment, ERDLocalizedAssignment, ERDRelationshipSortAssignment, ERDSmartAttributeAssignment, ERDSmartRelationshipAssignment, ERDSortedManyToManyAssignment, ERDTabSectionsContentsAssignment

public abstract class ERDAssignment

extends Assignment

implements ERDComputingAssignmentInterface

Abstact super class of most assignments found in the ERDirectToWeb framework. This class provides default implementations for localization support and dynamic method lookup for firing rules.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving

EOKeyValueArchiving._NullValueSupport, EOKeyValueArchiving._NumberSupport, EOKeyValueArchiving._TimestampSupport, EOKeyValueArchiving.Awaking, EOKeyValueArchiving.FinishInitialization, EOKeyValueArchiving.Support

Field Summary

static Class[]	D2WContextClassArray Cached context class array
static ERXLogger	log logging supprt

Fields inherited from class com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment

KeyPathKey, ValueKey

Fields inherited from interface com.webobjects.eocontrol.EOKeyValueArchiving

_CLASS

Constructor Summary

ERDAssignment(EOKeyValueUnarchiver u)
Public constructor

ERDAssignment(String key, Object value)
Public constructor

Method Summary

protected boolean	booleanContextValueForKey(D2WContext c, String key, boolean defaultValue)
Object	fire(D2WContext c) Method called to fire an assignment.
String	keyForMethodLookup(D2WContext c) There are basically two choices to lookup the method to be called when an assignment is fired.
Object	localizedTemplateStringForKeyInContext(String key, D2WContext c)
Object	localizedValueForKeyInContext(String key, D2WContext c) Returns a localized value for a given key in a given context if localization is enabled.
Object	localizedValueForKeyWithDefaultInContext(String key, D2WContext c) Returns a localized value for a given key in a given context if localization is enabled.
ERXLocalizer	localizerForContext(D2WContext c) Gets the localizer for a given context.
protected static void	logDeprecatedMessage(Class oldClass, Class newClass)

Methods inherited from class com.webobjects.directtoweb.Assignment

decodeWithKeyValueUnarchiver, encodeWithKeyValueArchiver, keyPath, toString, value, value

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface er.directtoweb.ERDComputingAssignmentInterface

dependentKeys

Field Detail

log

public static final ERXLogger log

logging supprt

D2WContextClassArray

public static final Class[] D2WContextClassArray

Cached context class array

Constructor Detail

ERDAssignment

public ERDAssignment(EOKeyValueUnarchiver u)

Public constructor

Parameters:

u - key-value unarchiver used when unarchiving from rule files.

ERDAssignment

public ERDAssignment(String key,
                     Object value)

Public constructor

Parameters:

key - context key

value - of the assignment

Method Detail

booleanContextValueForKey

protected boolean booleanContextValueForKey(D2WContext c,
                                            String key,
                                            boolean defaultValue)

logDeprecatedMessage

protected static void logDeprecatedMessage(Class oldClass,
                                           Class newClass)

localizerForContext

public ERXLocalizer localizerForContext(D2WContext c)

Gets the localizer for a given context. The default implementation just returns the localizer for the current session of the given context. This method belongs to ERDLocaizableInterface.

Parameters:

c - current context

Returns:

localizer for the preferred language of the session.

localizedValueForKeyWithDefaultInContext

public Object localizedValueForKeyWithDefaultInContext(String key,
                                                       D2WContext c)

Returns a localized value for a given key in a given context if localization is enabled. This implementation calls localizedStringForKeyWithDefault on the localizer for the given context. This method belongs to ERDLocalizableInterface.

Parameters:

key - to be looked up on the context

Returns:

localized version of the given key returning the key as the default if a localized version isn't found.

localizedValueForKeyInContext

public Object localizedValueForKeyInContext(String key,
                                            D2WContext c)

Returns a localized value for a given key in a given context if localization is enabled. This implementation calls valueForKeyPath on the localizer for the given context. This method belongs to ERDLocaizableInterface.

Parameters:

key - to be looked up on the context

Returns:

localized version of the given key if localization .

localizedTemplateStringForKeyInContext

public Object localizedTemplateStringForKeyInContext(String key,
                                                     D2WContext c)

keyForMethodLookup

public String keyForMethodLookup(D2WContext c)

There are basically two choices to lookup the method to be called when an assignment is fired. The first is to use the keypath that is being requested to lookup the method, i.e. if the context is being asked for the key: displayNameForProperty then that method will be called on the particular assignment. The second method is to use the value of the assignment as the method to be called. Using the value of the assignment allows the passing of a parameter to your assignment method, this gives the flexibility to have several methods for the same key path.

Returns:

the name of the method to be called, by default the key path of the assignmnet is returned.

fire

public Object fire(D2WContext c)

Method called to fire an assignment. This method has been enhanced to dynamicly lookup the real method to call based on the return value of keyForMethodLookup. The default implementation will lookup the method based on the key path of the assignment. If you are building a generic assignment like a BooleanAssignment you should override this method seeing as you wouldn't care what the key path of the assignment is. If you would like to provide a different methodology for the method to be fired override the method keyForMethodLookup.

Parameters:

c - current D2W context

Returns:

result of firing the assignment.