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package org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import javax.servlet.jsp.JspException;
import javax.servlet.jsp.PageContext;
import javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.BodyTag;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;
import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
/**
* Form tag for displaying errors for a particular field or object.
*
* This tag supports three main usage patterns:
*
*
* - Field only - set '
path' to the field name (or path)
* - Object errors only - omit '
path'
* - All errors - set '
path' to '*'
*
*
* @author Rob Harrop
* @author Juergen Hoeller
* @author Rick Evans
* @since 2.0
*/
public class ErrorsTag extends AbstractHtmlElementBodyTag implements BodyTag {
/**
* The key under which this tag exposes error messages in
* the {@link PageContext#PAGE_SCOPE page context scope}.
*/
public static final String MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE = "messages";
/**
* The HTML 'span' tag.
*/
public static final String SPAN_TAG = "span";
private String element = SPAN_TAG;
private String delimiter = "
";
/**
* Stores any value that existed in the 'errors messages' before the tag was started.
*/
private Object oldMessages;
private boolean errorMessagesWereExposed;
/**
* Set the HTML element must be used to render the error messages.
* Defaults to an HTML '<span/>' tag.
*/
public void setElement(String element) {
Assert.hasText(element, "'element' cannot be null or blank");
this.element = element;
}
/**
* Get the HTML element must be used to render the error messages.
*/
public String getElement() {
return this.element;
}
/**
* Set the delimiter to be used between error messages.
*
Defaults to an HTML '<br/>' tag.
*/
public void setDelimiter(String delimiter) {
this.delimiter = delimiter;
}
/**
* Return the delimiter to be used between error messages.
*/
public String getDelimiter() {
return this.delimiter;
}
/**
* Get the value for the HTML 'name' attribute.
*
Simply returns "" (the empty string) because the
* 'name' attribute is not a validate attribute for the
* 'span' element.
*/
protected String getName() throws JspException {
return "";
}
/**
* Get the value for the HTML 'id' attribute.
*
Appends '.errors' to the value returned by {@link #getCompletePath()}.
* @return the value for the HTML 'name' attribute
* @see #getPath()
*/
protected String autogenerateId() throws JspException {
return getCompletePath() + ".errors";
}
/**
* Should rendering of this tag proceed at all?
*
Only renders output when there are errors for the configured {@link #setPath path}.
* @return true only when there are errors for the configured {@link #setPath path}
*/
protected boolean shouldRender() throws JspException {
try {
return getBindStatus().isError();
}
catch (IllegalStateException ex) {
// Neither BindingResult nor target object available.
return false;
}
}
protected void renderDefaultContent(TagWriter tagWriter) throws JspException {
tagWriter.startTag(getElement());
writeDefaultAttributes(tagWriter);
String delimiter = ObjectUtils.getDisplayString(evaluate("delimiter", getDelimiter()));
String[] errorMessages = getBindStatus().getErrorMessages();
for (int i = 0; i < errorMessages.length; i++) {
String errorMessage = errorMessages[i];
if (i > 0) {
tagWriter.appendValue(delimiter);
}
tagWriter.appendValue(getDisplayString(errorMessage));
}
tagWriter.endTag();
}
/**
* Exposes any bind status error messages under {@link #MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE this key}
* in the {@link PageContext#PAGE_SCOPE}.
*
Only called if {@link #shouldRender()} returns true.
* @see #removeAttributes()
*/
protected void exposeAttributes() throws JspException {
List errorMessages = new ArrayList();
errorMessages.addAll(Arrays.asList(getBindStatus().getErrorMessages()));
this.oldMessages = this.pageContext.getAttribute(MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
this.pageContext.setAttribute(MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE, errorMessages, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
this.errorMessagesWereExposed = true;
}
/**
* Removes any bind status error messages that were previously stored under
* {@link #MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE this key} in the {@link PageContext#PAGE_SCOPE}.
* @see #exposeAttributes()
*/
protected void removeAttributes() {
if (this.errorMessagesWereExposed) {
if (this.oldMessages != null) {
this.pageContext.setAttribute(MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE, this.oldMessages, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
this.oldMessages = null;
}
else {
this.pageContext.removeAttribute(MESSAGES_ATTRIBUTE, PageContext.PAGE_SCOPE);
}
}
}
}