com.sapportals.htmlb

Class Container

java.lang.Object
  com.sapportals.htmlb.Component
      com.sapportals.htmlb.Container

Direct Known Subclasses:

ButtonRow, ClientEventContainer, Document, DragSource, DropTarget, EventValidationContainer, FlowLayout, Form, FormLayout, FormLayoutCell, GridLayout, Group, ItemList, RasterLayout, ScrollContainer, com.sapportals.htmlb.StatefulButtonGroupBase, StyleContainer, TabStrip, TabStripItem, Toolbar

public abstract class Container

extends Component

Base class for all components that can include other components.

Copyright 2004 SAP AG

Field Summary

protected List

elements

Constructor Summary

Container()

Container(String id)

Method Summary

Component	addComponent(Component component) add a component to this container
String	addRawText(String text) add a raw text to this container
String	addText(String text) add a raw text to this container
int	getChildCount() get the number of children of this container
Iterator	iterator() get an Iterator of the children
void	preRender(IPageContext pc) preRender traverses the component tree right before rendering
void	removeComponent(Component component) remove a specific component from this container
void	render(int selector, IPageContext rendererContext) render an aspect of the component using the current context.

Methods inherited from class com.sapportals.htmlb.Component

getEncodedIdForForm, getId, getParent, getUI, initFromPageContext, initFromShortId, initializeFromId, isJsObjectNeeded, render, renderAsString, requiresForm, setId, setJsObjectNeeded, setParent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

elements

protected List elements

Constructor Detail

Container

public Container()

Container

public Container(String id)

Method Detail

render

public void render(int selector,
                   IPageContext rendererContext)

render an aspect of the component using the current context. This method can be used by components that do not produce an atomic HTML code.

Parameters:

selector - the aspect to render.

rendererContext - the context in which to render.

addComponent

public Component addComponent(Component component)

add a component to this container

Parameters:

component - the component to add

addText

public String addText(String text)

add a raw text to this container

Parameters:

text - the text to add

addRawText

public String addRawText(String text)

add a raw text to this container

Parameters:

text - the text to add

removeComponent

public void removeComponent(Component component)

remove a specific component from this container

Parameters:

component - the component to remove

getChildCount

public int getChildCount()

get the number of children of this container

Returns:

the number of children

iterator

public Iterator iterator()

get an Iterator of the children

Returns:

an Iterator of the children

preRender

public void preRender(IPageContext pc)

preRender traverses the component tree right before rendering

Overrides:

preRender in class Component