org.appfuse.webapp.form
Class BaseForm

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm
      org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm
          org.appfuse.webapp.form.BaseForm

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

UploadForm

public class BaseForm
extends ValidatorForm
implements Serializable

Base ActionForm bean. Used to give child classes readable representation of their properties using toString() method.

Also has a validate() method to cancel validation on cancel actions.

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Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2005-04-11 15:09:49 -0600 (Mon, 11 Apr 2005) $

Author:

Matt Raible

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm

page, validatorResults

Fields inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

multipartRequestHandler, servlet

Constructor Summary

BaseForm()

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
int	hashCode()
String	toString()
ActionErrors	validate(ActionMapping mapping, HttpServletRequest request) This validation method is designed to be a parent of all other Form's validate methods - this allows the cancel and delete buttons to bypass validation.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.validator.ValidatorForm

getPage, getResultValueMap, getValidationKey, getValidatorResults, reset, setPage, setValidatorResults

Methods inherited from class org.apache.struts.action.ActionForm

getMultipartRequestHandler, getServlet, getServletWrapper, reset, setMultipartRequestHandler, setServlet, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BaseForm

public BaseForm()

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

validate

public ActionErrors validate(ActionMapping mapping,
                             HttpServletRequest request)

This validation method is designed to be a parent of all other Form's validate methods - this allows the cancel and delete buttons to bypass validation.

Overrides:

validate in class ValidatorForm

Parameters:

mapping - The ActionMapping used to select this instance

request - The servlet request we are processing

Returns:

ActionErrors object that encapsulates any validation errors