FormActionForm


1   /*
2       Mdarad-Toolobox is a collection of tools for Architected RAD
3       (Rapid Application Development) based on an MDA approach.
4       The toolbox contains frameworks and generators for many environments
5       (JAVA, J2EE, Hibernate, .NET, C++, etc.) which allow to generate
6       applications from a design Model
7       Copyright (C) 2004-2005  Elapse Technologies Inc.
8   
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13  
14      This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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16      MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
17      General Public License for more details.
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22  */
23  package org.mdarad.framework.util.struts.action;
24  
25  import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest  ;
26  import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse  ;
27  
28  
29  /**
30   * This class can be used by any struts application.
31   * It contains all the fields of a business object.
32   * @author Philippe Brouillette
33   * @version 1.0
34   * @since 1.4
35   */
36  public abstract class FormActionForm extends MdaradActionForm {
37  
38      /**
39       * Property that keeps the business object associated to the
40       * actual form
41       */
42      private Object   object;
43      
44      /**
45       * Getter for the business object associated to the form.
46       * IMPORTANT: It is recommended to create a getter returning
47       *            the type of the object to ensure no type cast errors
48       *         ex: public Transaction getTransactionObject()
49       * @return the business object associated to the form
50       */
51      public Object   getObject() {
52          return object;
53      }
54  
55      /**
56       * Setter for the business object associated to the form.
57       * IMPORTANT: It is hardly recommended to create a setter taking the
58       *            type of the object to be set to ensure no type cast errors
59       *         ex: public void setTransactionObject(Transaction tx) {
60       *                setObject(tx);
61       *             }
62       *            OR to ensure an exception is thrown if the object is not
63       *            of the right type by overloading this method
64       * @param object the business object to be set             
65       */
66      public void setObject(Object   object) {
67          this.object = object;
68      }
69  
70      /**
71       * Method that initialize the search list form.
72       * @param request
73       * @param response
74       */
75      public void initialize(HttpServletRequest   request, 
76                                   HttpServletResponse   response) {
77          // do nothing...
78      }
79  }
80
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