Re: [cforms] new validation: every widget can have a validator

[Sylvain Wallez]

Joerg Heinicke wrote:

From the form1 sample (shortened):

<wd:repeater id="contacts">
  <wd:validation>
    <wd:javascript>
          ...
        for (var i = 0; i &lt; widget.size; i++) {
Which properties are available here? Obviously widget, but maybe also 
form? This would be cool as I can replace the XReporter asserts that I 
have problems with.


The form is available on each and every widget through 
"widget.getForm()" or "widget.form" in JS.

I also added get/setAttribute on Form that allows passing arbitrary data 
between the enclosing context (flowscript or action) and the various 
components operating on the form (validators, event handlers, etc).

          ...
            row.getWidget("firstname").setValidationError(new 
Packages.org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.ValidationError("Duplicate 
contact name", false));

Must we specify 
Packages.org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.ValidationError() ?? It 
seems to be to much typing. What about just setValidationError(String 
[, more parameters])? Do we loose flexibility? At the moment there is 
only o.a.c.w.validation.ValidationError and the deprecated extending 
o.a.c.w.datatype.ValidationError.


My plan is to make some of the most useful Woody classes directly 
visible in the JS snippets. This includes ValidationError, among others.

BTW, shouldn't the sample create a non-deprecated ValidationError?


Yeah sure. This is the first commit of this new feature, which needs 
some polishing. The deprecated ValidationError remains from the various 
code iterations.

Sylvain

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