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package org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form;

import java.beans.PropertyEditor;

import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.HtmlEscapingAwareTag;

Base class for all JSP form tags. Provides utility methods for null-safe EL evaluation and for accessing and working with a TagWriter.

Subclasses should implement the writeTagContent(TagWriter) to perform actual tag rendering.

Subclasses (or test classes) can override the createTagWriter() method to redirect output to a Writer other than the JspWriter associated with the current PageContext.

Author:Rob Harrop, Juergen Hoeller
Since:2.0
/** * Base class for all JSP form tags. Provides utility methods for * null-safe EL evaluation and for accessing and working with a {@link TagWriter}. * * <p>Subclasses should implement the {@link #writeTagContent(TagWriter)} to perform * actual tag rendering. * * <p>Subclasses (or test classes) can override the {@link #createTagWriter()} method to * redirect output to a {@link java.io.Writer} other than the {@link javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter} * associated with the current {@link javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext}. * * @author Rob Harrop * @author Juergen Hoeller * @since 2.0 */
@SuppressWarnings("serial") public abstract class AbstractFormTag extends HtmlEscapingAwareTag {
Evaluate the supplied value for the supplied attribute name.

The default implementation simply returns the given value as-is.

/** * Evaluate the supplied value for the supplied attribute name. * <p>The default implementation simply returns the given value as-is. */
@Nullable protected Object evaluate(String attributeName, @Nullable Object value) throws JspException { return value; }
Optionally writes the supplied value under the supplied attribute name into the supplied TagWriter. In this case, the supplied value is evaluated first and then the String representation is written as the attribute value. If the resultant String representation is null or empty, no attribute is written.
See Also:
  • TagWriter.writeOptionalAttributeValue(String, String)
/** * Optionally writes the supplied value under the supplied attribute name into the supplied * {@link TagWriter}. In this case, the supplied value is {@link #evaluate evaluated} first * and then the {@link ObjectUtils#getDisplayString String representation} is written as the * attribute value. If the resultant {@code String} representation is {@code null} * or empty, no attribute is written. * @see TagWriter#writeOptionalAttributeValue(String, String) */
protected final void writeOptionalAttribute(TagWriter tagWriter, String attributeName, @Nullable String value) throws JspException { if (value != null) { tagWriter.writeOptionalAttributeValue(attributeName, getDisplayString(evaluate(attributeName, value))); } }
Create the TagWriter which all output will be written to. By default, the TagWriter writes its output to the JspWriter for the current PageContext. Subclasses may choose to change the Writer to which output is actually written.
/** * Create the {@link TagWriter} which all output will be written to. By default, * the {@link TagWriter} writes its output to the {@link javax.servlet.jsp.JspWriter} * for the current {@link javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext}. Subclasses may choose to * change the {@link java.io.Writer} to which output is actually written. */
protected TagWriter createTagWriter() { return new TagWriter(this.pageContext); }
Provide a simple template method that calls createTagWriter() and passes the created TagWriter to the writeTagContent(TagWriter) method.
Returns:the value returned by writeTagContent(TagWriter)
/** * Provide a simple template method that calls {@link #createTagWriter()} and passes * the created {@link TagWriter} to the {@link #writeTagContent(TagWriter)} method. * @return the value returned by {@link #writeTagContent(TagWriter)} */
@Override protected final int doStartTagInternal() throws Exception { return writeTagContent(createTagWriter()); }
Get the display value of the supplied Object, HTML escaped as required. This version is not PropertyEditor-aware.
/** * Get the display value of the supplied {@code Object}, HTML escaped * as required. This version is <strong>not</strong> {@link PropertyEditor}-aware. */
protected String getDisplayString(@Nullable Object value) { return ValueFormatter.getDisplayString(value, isHtmlEscape()); }
Get the display value of the supplied Object, HTML escaped as required. If the supplied value is not a String and the supplied PropertyEditor is not null then the PropertyEditor is used to obtain the display value.
/** * Get the display value of the supplied {@code Object}, HTML escaped * as required. If the supplied value is not a {@link String} and the supplied * {@link PropertyEditor} is not null then the {@link PropertyEditor} is used * to obtain the display value. */
protected String getDisplayString(@Nullable Object value, @Nullable PropertyEditor propertyEditor) { return ValueFormatter.getDisplayString(value, propertyEditor, isHtmlEscape()); }
Overridden to default to true in case of no explicit default given.
/** * Overridden to default to {@code true} in case of no explicit default given. */
@Override protected boolean isDefaultHtmlEscape() { Boolean defaultHtmlEscape = getRequestContext().getDefaultHtmlEscape(); return (defaultHtmlEscape == null || defaultHtmlEscape.booleanValue()); }
Subclasses should implement this method to perform tag content rendering.
Returns:valid tag render instruction as per doStartTag.doStartTag().
/** * Subclasses should implement this method to perform tag content rendering. * @return valid tag render instruction as per {@link javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag#doStartTag()}. */
protected abstract int writeTagContent(TagWriter tagWriter) throws JspException; }