::xotcl::Class ::Generic::Form

Class Hierarchy of ::Generic::Form

• ::xotcl::Object

  Meta-class:

  ::xotcl::Class

  Methods for instances:

  __api_make_doc, __api_make_forward_doc, __next^C, __timediff, abstract, ad_doc, ad_forward, ad_proc, append^C, array^C, asHTML, autoname^C, check^C, class^C, cleanup^C, configure^C, contains, copy, db_1row^C, debug, defaultmethod, destroy^C, destroy_on_cleanup, eval^C, exists^C, extractConfigureArg, filter^C, filterguard^C, filtersearch^C, forward^C, hasclass, incr^C, info^C, init, instvar^C, invar^C, isclass^C, ismetaclass^C, ismixin^C, isobject^C, istype^C, lappend^C, log, method, mixin^C, mixinguard^C, move, msg, noinit^C, parametercmd^C, proc^C, procsearch^C, qn, requireNamespace^C, self, serialize, set^C, subst^C, trace^C, unset^C, uplevel^C, upvar^C, volatile^C, vwait^C

  Methods to be applied on the class (in addition to the methods provided by the meta-class):

  __exitHandler, getExitHandler, setExitHandler, unsetExitHandler

• ::Generic::Form

  Meta-class:

  ::xotcl::Class

  Parameter for instances:

  action (default "[::xo::cc url]"), add_page_title, data, edit_page_title, fields, folder_id (default "-100"), html (default ""), name (default "[namespace tail [self]]"), submit_link (default "."), validate (default ""), with_categories (default "false")

  Methods for instances:

  after_submit, edit_data, edit_request, form_vars, generate, init, new_data, new_request, on_submit, on_validation_error, request, set_form_data

  Methods to be applied on the class:

  Methods provided by the meta-class

Class for the simplified generation of forms. This class was designed together with the content repository class ::xo::db::CrClass.

• fields: form elements as described in ad_form.
• data: data object (e.g. instance if CrItem)
• folder_id: associated folder id
• name: of this form, used for naming the template, defaults to the object name
• add_page_title: page title when adding content items
• edit_page_title: page title when editing content items
• with_categories: display form with categories (default false)
• submit_link: link for page after submit

Defined in packages/xotcl-core/tcl/generic-procs.tcl

Class Relations

• superclass: ::xotcl::Object
• subclass: ::xowiki::WikiForm

Methods

• instproc generate (public)

  <instance of ::Generic::Form> generate [ -template template ] \
      [ -export export ]

  the method generate is used to actually generate the form template from the specifications and to set up page_title and context when appropriate.

  Switches:

  -template (defaults to "formTemplate") (optional)

  -export (optional)