HTML::Widget::Element(3) Element Base Class

SYNOPSIS


my $e = $widget->element( $type, $name, {disabled => 'disabled'} );
$e->name('bar');
$e->class('foo');

DESCRIPTION

Element Base Class.

METHODS

new

attributes

attrs

Arguments: %attributes

Arguments: \%attributes

Return Value: $element

Arguments: none

Return Value: \%attributes

Accepts either a list of key/value pairs, or a hash-ref. 

    $e->attributes( $key => $value );
    $e->attributes( { $key => $value } );

Returns the $element object, to allow method chaining.

As of v1.10, passing a hash-ref no longer deletes current attributes, instead the attributes are added to the current attributes hash.

This means the attributes hash-ref can no longer be emptied using "$e->attributes( { } );". Instead, you may use "%{ $e->attributes } = ();".

As a special case, if no arguments are passed, the return value is a hash-ref of attributes instead of the object reference. This provides backwards compatibility to support: 

    $e->attributes->{key} = $value;

``attrs'' is an alias for ``attributes''.

container

Arguments: \%attributes

Return Value: $container

Creates a new $container_class. Defaults to HTML::Widget::Container.

id

Arguments: $widget

Return Value: $id

Creates a element id.

init

Arguments: $widget

Called once when process() gets called for the first time.

mk_error

Arguments: $widget, \@errors

Return Value: $error

Creates a new HTML::Widget::Error.

mk_input

Arguments: $widget, \%attributes, \@errors

Return Value: $input_tag

Creates a new input tag.

mk_tag

Arguments: $widget, $tagtype, \%attributes, \@errors

Return Value: $element_tag

Creates a new tag.

mk_label

Arguments: $widget, $name, $comment, \@errors

Return Value: $label_tag

Creates a new label tag.

name

Arguments: $name

Return Value: $name

Contains the element name.

passive

Arguments: $bool

Return Value: $bool

Defines if element gets automatically rendered.

prepare

Arguments: $widget

Called whenever "$widget->process" gets called, before "$element->process".

process

Arguments: \%params, \@uploads

Return Value: \@errors

Called whenever "$widget->process" is called.

Returns an arrayref of HTML::Widget::Error objects.

containerize

Arguments: $widget, $value, \@errors

Return Value: $container_tag

Containerize the element, label and error for later rendering. Uses HTML::Widget::Container by default, but this can be over-ridden on a class or instance basis via ``container_class''.

container_class

Arguments: $class

Return Value: $class

Contains the class to use for contain the element which then get rendered. Defaults to HTML::Widget::Container. "container_class" can be set at a class or instance level: 

  HTML::Widget::Element->container_class('My::Container'); 
  # Override default to custom class
  
  HTML::Widget::Element::Password->container_class(undef); 
  # Passwords use the default class
   
  $w->element('Textfield')->name('foo')->container_class->('My::Other::Container'); 
  # This element only will use My::Other::Container to render

find_elements

Return Value: \@elements

For non-block-container elements, simply returns a one-element list containing this element.

new

allow_filter

Used by "$widget->filter_all". If false, the filter won't be added.

Default true.

allow_constraint

Used by "$widget->constraint_all". If false, the filter won't be added.

Default true.

AUTHOR

Sebastian Riedel, "[email protected]"

LICENSE

This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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