net.xoetrope.xui.data
Class XLabelBinding

java.lang.Object
  net.xoetrope.xui.data.XDataBinding
      net.xoetrope.xui.data.XLabelBinding

public class XLabelBinding
extends XDataBinding

Bind an XLabel to a data model value/node. The binding allows a model node to linked to a UI component so that it can be refreshed when new data is written to the model. For a label component the source and destination area synonymous.

Copyright: Copyright (c) Xoetrope Ltd., 1998-2003
License: see license.txt

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.xoetrope.xui.data.XDataBinding

component, currentProject, DEFAULT_OUTPUT_PATH, outputModel, outputPath, reevaluate, sourceModel, sourcePath

Constructor Summary

XLabelBinding()
Construct a new data binding

Method Summary

void	get() Updates the TextComponent with the value obtained from the data model.
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of the model node
java.lang.String	getType() Get the type of this binding
void	set() Updates the data model with the value retrieved from the TextComponent.
void	setup(XProject project, java.lang.Object c, java.util.Hashtable bindingConfig, java.util.Hashtable instanceConfig) Setup and configure the binding instance.

Methods inherited from class net.xoetrope.xui.data.XDataBinding

getAttributes, getAttributes, getComponent, getOutput, getOutputPath, getReevaluate, getSource, getSourcePath, setOutput, setOutputPath, setReevaluate, setSource, setSourcePath, setupHelper

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

XLabelBinding

public XLabelBinding()

Construct a new data binding

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(XProject project,
                  java.lang.Object c,
                  java.util.Hashtable bindingConfig,
                  java.util.Hashtable instanceConfig)

Setup and configure the binding instance. The binding is configured via the XML setup registered for the particular binding type and then, subsequently by attibitional attributes of the binding instance specified in the page declaration, for the individual binding instance. The binding may also obtain configuration or reference information from the component and the project.

Specified by:

setup in class XDataBinding

Parameters:

project - the owning project

c - the component being bound

bindingConfig - the XML element which contains the binding configuration

instanceConfig - the XML element which contains the setup attributes of the binding instance

get

public void get()

Updates the TextComponent with the value obtained from the data model.

Specified by:

get in class XDataBinding

set

public void set()

Updates the data model with the value retrieved from the TextComponent.

Specified by:

set in class XDataBinding

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of the model node

Returns:

the name

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Get the type of this binding

Specified by:

getType in class XDataBinding

Returns:

the binding type name