com.sapportals.wcm.service.xmlforms

Interface IPostData

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServletPostData

public interface IPostData

Copyright 2004 SAP AG

Method Summary

Set	getIgnoreCheckFields() Get the properties and schema elements in this post, which are to be ignored by validation
Set	getKeys() Get the field keys in this data
Set	getMandatoryFields() Get the mandatory properties and schema elements in this post
String	getValue(String key) Get the String value for a given key
String[]	getValueArray(String key) Get the value array for a given key
boolean	supportsMultiValued() Check if this data support multi valued fields.

Method Detail

getMandatoryFields

public Set getMandatoryFields()

Get the mandatory properties and schema elements in this post

Returns:

a Set containing all mandatory properties and schema elements. Properties start with a prefix wcmprop., then namespace alias and property name, e.g. wcmprop.default:displayname. Schema element paths start one level below schema root. Returning null means the same as returning an empty set.

getIgnoreCheckFields

public Set getIgnoreCheckFields()

Get the properties and schema elements in this post, which are to be ignored by validation

Returns:

a Set containing all properties and schema elements, which do not need to be validated. Properties start with a prefix wcmprop., then namespace alias and property name, e.g. wcmprop.default:displayname. Schema element paths start one level below schema root. Returning null means the same as returning an empty set.

supportsMultiValued

public boolean supportsMultiValued()

Check if this data support multi valued fields. If it returns false, getValueArray must always return null.

Returns:

getKeys

public Set getKeys()

Get the field keys in this data

Returns:

a Set containing all field keys. Properties start with a prefix wcmprop., then namespace alias and property name, e.g. wcmprop.default:displayname. Schema element paths start one level below schema root.

getValue

public String getValue(String key)

Get the String value for a given key

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

if the data does not support multi valued fields, it returns the value String. If the data supports multi valued fields, it returns the first value in the value array, or null, if the value array is null or empty.

getValueArray

public String[] getValueArray(String key)

Get the value array for a given key

Parameters:

key -

Returns:

an array of Strings with the values, or null, if this data does not support multi valued fields