org.apache.velocity.tools.struts

Class ErrorsTool

java.lang.Object

org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.MessageResourcesTool

org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ActionMessagesTool

org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ErrorsTool

public class ErrorsTool
extends ActionMessagesTool

View tool to work with the Struts error messages.

 Template example(s):
   #if( $errors.exist() )
     <div class="errors">
     #foreach( $e in $errors.all )
       $e <br>
     #end
     </div>
   #end

 Toolbox configuration:
 <tool>
   <key>errors</key>
   <scope>request</scope>
   <class>org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ErrorsTool</class>
 </tool>
 

This tool should only be used in the request scope.

Since VelocityTools 1.1, ErrorsTool extends ActionMessagesTool.

Since:

VelocityTools 1.0

Version:

$Id: ErrorsTool.java 479724 2006-11-27 18:49:37Z nbubna $

Author:

Gabe Sidler, Nathan Bubna

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ActionMessagesTool

actionMsgs, LOG

Fields inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.MessageResourcesTool

application, locale, request, resources

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ErrorsTool()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getMsgs() Renders the queued error messages as a list.
java.lang.String	getMsgs(java.lang.String property) Renders the queued error messages of a particual category as a list.
java.lang.String	getMsgs(java.lang.String property, java.lang.String bundle) Renders the queued error messages of a particual category as a list.
void	init(java.lang.Object obj) Initializes this tool.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.ActionMessagesTool

exist, exist, get, get, getAll, getAll, getGlobal, getGlobalName, getSize, getSize

Methods inherited from class org.apache.velocity.tools.struts.MessageResourcesTool

getResources

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ErrorsTool

public ErrorsTool()

Method Detail

init

public void init(java.lang.Object obj)

Initializes this tool.

Overrides:

init in class ActionMessagesTool

Parameters:

obj - the current ViewContext

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the param is not a ViewContext

getMsgs

public java.lang.String getMsgs()

Renders the queued error messages as a list. This method expects the message keys errors.header and errors.footer in the message resources. The value of the former is rendered before the list of error messages and the value of the latter is rendered after the error messages.

Returns:

The formatted error messages. If no error messages are queued, an empty string is returned.

getMsgs

public java.lang.String getMsgs(java.lang.String property)

Renders the queued error messages of a particual category as a list. This method expects the message keys errors.header and errors.footer in the message resources. The value of the former is rendered before the list of error messages and the value of the latter is rendered after the error messages.

Parameters:

property - the category of errors to render

Returns:

The formatted error messages. If no error messages are queued, an empty string is returned.

getMsgs

public java.lang.String getMsgs(java.lang.String property,
                       java.lang.String bundle)

Renders the queued error messages of a particual category as a list. This method expects the message keys errors.header and errors.footer in the message resources. The value of the former is rendered before the list of error messages and the value of the latter is rendered after the error messages.

Parameters:

property - the category of errors to render

bundle - the message resource bundle to use

Returns:

The formatted error messages. If no error messages are queued, an empty string is returned.

Since:

VelocityTools 1.1