org.openmrs.web.attribute.handler

Interface FieldGenDatatypeHandler<DT extends CustomDatatype<T>,T>

All Superinterfaces:

CustomDatatypeHandler<CustomDatatype<T>,T>, HtmlDisplayableDatatypeHandler<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BooleanFieldGenDatatypeHandler, DateFieldGenDatatypeHandler

public interface FieldGenDatatypeHandler<DT extends CustomDatatype<T>,T>
extends HtmlDisplayableDatatypeHandler<T>

A web-layer extension of a CustomDatatypeHandler, which also defines what fieldgen widget is used to collect the values, and how to fetch them from a web request.

Since:

1.9

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	getValue(DT datatype, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request, java.lang.String formFieldName) Fetches an attribute value from a web request, for a given form field name
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	getWidgetConfiguration()
java.lang.String	getWidgetName()

Methods inherited from interface org.openmrs.web.attribute.handler.HtmlDisplayableDatatypeHandler

toHtml, toHtmlSummary

Methods inherited from interface org.openmrs.customdatatype.CustomDatatypeHandler

setHandlerConfiguration

Method Detail

getWidgetName

java.lang.String getWidgetName()

Returns:

the name of the fieldgen widget to be used to allow data entry for attribute types that use this handler

getWidgetConfiguration

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getWidgetConfiguration()

Returns:

extra configuration properties to be passed to the fieldgen widget

getValue

T getValue(DT datatype,
           javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request,
           java.lang.String formFieldName)
    throws InvalidCustomValueException

Fetches an attribute value from a web request, for a given form field name

Parameters:

datatype -

request -

formFieldName -

Returns:

Throws:

InvalidAttributeValueException - if the submitted value is invalid

InvalidCustomValueException