Xebra Taglib Form

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The Form Tag Library captures all the functionality related to html forms. This includes automatic wrapping of input to objects and validation.

Form

Tag Description 
<f:form class="..." variable="...">
</f:form>

All form tags have to be contained in a f-form. A variable and class can be optionally defined to automatically wrap input forms to an object. This variable is known in the scope of the form. 

<f:button value="..." action="..."/>

A button is a normal html button. It is associated with a controller function ("action") which is executed if the validation of all inputs field where successful. The automatically wrapped object is then passed to the action. The value designates the Label on the button. 

<f:input_text value="..." name="..." text="..."/>
<f:input_secret value="..." name="..." text="..." />

These two input fields are basically the same. The designated normal html inputs. Additionally they provide a name which makes them identifiable for validation output. f-validator tags can be added to the inputs to define validators. 

<f:textarea value="..." name="..." text="..." rows="..." cols="..."/>

Basically the same as the input fields but with some additional auxiliary textarea-specific attributes (rows, cols). 

<f:command_link label="..." action="..." variable="..." />

A command link is a html link. It acts though like a button and executes the defined action on the controller. If a variable is defined, it will be passed to the action (feature). Variable names can be used from f-form or xeb-iterate. 

<f:validator class="..." />

A validator validates an input. It can be added to input fields (or textareas) to check the input. 

<f:validation_result name="..." />

Outputs potential validation errors coming from the input field with the name "name".

Example

For the forms framework we will use a simple display of reservations with an input mask and delete command links. 

<table>
	<tr>
		<td>Name</td>
		<td>Date</td>
		<td>Persons</td>
		<xeb:container render="authenticated_admin">
			<td>Delete</td>
		</xeb:container>
		<xeb:container render="not_authenticated_admin">
			<td>Details</td>
		</xeb:container>
	</tr>
	<f:form>
	<xeb:iterate list="global_state.db.reservations" variable="reservation" type="RESERVATION">
		<tr>
			<td><xeb:display feature="#{reservation.name}"/></td>
			<td><xeb:display feature="#{reservation.date}"/></td>
			<td>
			<f:command_link label="Delete" action="delete" variable="reservation" />
			</td>					
		</tr>
	</xeb:iterate>
	</f:form>
</table>
<h2>New Reservation</h2>
<f:form variable="new_reservation" class="RESERVATION">
<table>
	<tr>
		<td>Name</td>
		<td><f:input_text value="name" name="a_name" text="#{new_reservation.name}" /></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Date</td>
		<td><f:input_text value="date" name="a_date" text="#{new_reservation.date}" /></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td colspan="2">
		<div align="center">
		<f:button value="Save" action="save" type="submit" /></div>
		</td>
	</tr>
</table>
</f:form>
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