org.springframework.web.servlet.support
Class BindStatus

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus

public class BindStatus
extends Object

Simple adapter to expose the bind status of a field or object. Set as a variable both by the JSP bind tag and Velocity/FreeMarker macros.

Obviously, object status representations (i.e. errors at the object level rather than the field level) do not have an expression and a value but only error codes and messages. For simplicity's sake and to be able to use the same tags and macros, the same status class is used for both scenarios.

Author:

Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller, Darren Davison

See Also:

RequestContext.getBindStatus(java.lang.String), BindTag, AbstractTemplateView.setExposeSpringMacroHelpers(boolean)

Constructor Summary

BindStatus(RequestContext requestContext, String path, boolean htmlEscape)
Create a new BindStatus instance, representing a field or object status.

Method Summary

PropertyEditor	findEditor(Class valueClass) Find a PropertyEditor for the given value class, associated with the property that this bound status is currently bound to.
Object	getActualValue() Return the actual value of the field, i.e. the raw property value, or null if not available.
String	getDisplayValue() Return a suitable display value for the field, i.e. the stringified value if not null, and an empty string in case of a null value.
PropertyEditor	getEditor() Return the PropertyEditor for the property that this bind status is currently bound to.
String	getErrorCode() Return the first error codes for the field or object, if any.
String[]	getErrorCodes() Return the error codes for the field or object, if any.
String	getErrorMessage() Return the first error message for the field or object, if any.
String[]	getErrorMessages() Return the resolved error messages for the field or object, if any.
String	getErrorMessagesAsString(String delimiter) Return an error message string, concatenating all messages separated by the given delimiter.
Errors	getErrors() Return the Errors instance (typically a BindingResult) that this bind status is currently associated with.
String	getExpression() Return a bind expression that can be used in HTML forms as input name for the respective field, or null if not field-specific.
String	getPath() Return the bean and property path for which values and errors will be resolved (e.g.
Object	getValue() Return the current value of the field, i.e. either the property value or a rejected update, or null if not field-specific.
Class	getValueType() Get the 'Class' type of the field.
boolean	isError() Return if this status represents a field or object error.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BindStatus

public BindStatus(RequestContext requestContext,
                  String path,
                  boolean htmlEscape)
           throws IllegalStateException

Create a new BindStatus instance, representing a field or object status.

Parameters:

requestContext - the current RequestContext

path - the bean and property path for which values and errors will be resolved (e.g. "customer.address.street")

htmlEscape - whether to HTML-escape error messages and string values

Throws:

IllegalStateException - if no corresponding Errors object found

Method Detail

getPath

public String getPath()

Return the bean and property path for which values and errors will be resolved (e.g. "customer.address.street").

getExpression

public String getExpression()

Return a bind expression that can be used in HTML forms as input name for the respective field, or null if not field-specific.

Returns a bind path appropriate for resubmission, e.g. "address.street". Note that the complete bind path as required by the bind tag is "customer.address.street", if bound to a "customer" bean.

getValue

public Object getValue()

Return the current value of the field, i.e. either the property value or a rejected update, or null if not field-specific.

This value will be an HTML-escaped String if the original value already was a String.

getValueType

public Class getValueType()

Get the 'Class' type of the field. Favor this instead of 'getValue().getClass()' since 'getValue()' may return 'null'.

getActualValue

public Object getActualValue()

Return the actual value of the field, i.e. the raw property value, or null if not available.

getDisplayValue

public String getDisplayValue()

Return a suitable display value for the field, i.e. the stringified value if not null, and an empty string in case of a null value.

This value will be an HTML-escaped String if the original value was non-null: the toString result of the original value will get HTML-escaped.

isError

public boolean isError()

Return if this status represents a field or object error.

getErrorCodes

public String[] getErrorCodes()

Return the error codes for the field or object, if any. Returns an empty array instead of null if none.

getErrorCode

public String getErrorCode()

Return the first error codes for the field or object, if any.

getErrorMessages

public String[] getErrorMessages()

Return the resolved error messages for the field or object, if any. Returns an empty array instead of null if none.

getErrorMessage

public String getErrorMessage()

Return the first error message for the field or object, if any.

getErrorMessagesAsString

public String getErrorMessagesAsString(String delimiter)

Return an error message string, concatenating all messages separated by the given delimiter.

Parameters:

delimiter - separator string, e.g. ", " or "
"

Returns:

the error message string

getErrors

public Errors getErrors()

Return the Errors instance (typically a BindingResult) that this bind status is currently associated with.

Returns:

the current Errors instance, or null if none

See Also:

BindingResult

getEditor

public PropertyEditor getEditor()

Return the PropertyEditor for the property that this bind status is currently bound to.

Returns:

the current PropertyEditor, or null if none

findEditor

public PropertyEditor findEditor(Class valueClass)

Find a PropertyEditor for the given value class, associated with the property that this bound status is currently bound to.

Parameters:

valueClass - the value class that an editor is needed for

Returns:

the associated PropertyEditor, or null if none

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object