001// Copyright 2004, 2005 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014 015package org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.components; 016 017import org.apache.tapestry.contrib.table.model.ITableModelSource; 018 019/** 020 * A modified version of the facade component in the Table family. 021 * FormTable allows you to present a sortable and pagable table 022 * within a form by using only this one component. 023 * 024 * [<a href="../../../../../../../ComponentReference/contrib.FormTable.html">Component Reference</a>] 025 * 026 * @author mindbridge 027 * 028 */ 029public abstract class FormTable extends Table implements ITableModelSource 030{ 031 // parameters 032 public abstract Object getColumns(); 033 034 /** 035 * If the columns are defined via a String, make sure they use 036 * the form-specific column headers. 037 */ 038 public Object getFormColumns() 039 { 040 Object objColumns = getColumns(); 041 if (objColumns instanceof String) 042 objColumns = "*" + objColumns; 043 return objColumns; 044 } 045 046}