<a:If>

AWIf is the fundamental conditional control structure. It's body is evaluated based on the evaluation of its test condition binding.

Typical use:

<a:If ifTrue="$userCanEditItem">
    <a:TextField value="$theItem">
<a:Else/>
    <a:String value="$theItem">
</a:If>

Note that all of the condition bindings available on the a:If element can also be use on a:Else (and a single a:If block can have multiple conditional a:Else sections.

While a:If supports comparison operations (<a:If isGreaterThan="$rating" value="50"/>) use of the expression language may be clearer (<a:If ifTrue="${rating > 50}"/>)

Bindings

ifTrue	Tests for boolean True (or not null)	boolean (get)
ifFalse	Tests for boolean False (or null)	boolean (get)
equalNull	Tests for == null	Object (get)
notEqualNull	Tests for == null	Object (get)
isEqual	Comparison operator: <a:If isEqual="$choice" value="A"> </a:If>	Object (get)
isNotEqual	Comparison operator: <a:If isNotEqual="$choice" value="B"> </a:If>	Object (get)
isGreaterThan	Comparison operator: <a:If isGreaterThan="$rating" value="50"> </a:If>	Object (get)
isGreaterThanOrEqual	Comparison operator: <a:If isGreaterThanOrEqual="$rating" value="50"> </a:If>	Object (get)
isLessThan	Comparison operator: <a:If isLessThan="$rating" value="50"> </a:If>	Object (get)
isLessThanOrEqual	Comparison operator: <a:If isLessThanOrEqual="$rating" value="50"> </a:If>	Object (get)

ariba.ui.aribaweb.core
Class AWIf

java.lang.Object
  ariba.ui.aribaweb.util.AWBaseObject
      ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWBaseElement
          ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWBindableElement
              ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWIf

All Implemented Interfaces:

AWBindable, AWCycleable, AWCycleableReference, AWElement, AWElementContaining, AWVisitable, AWObject, java.lang.Cloneable

public class AWIf
extends AWBindableElement
implements AWElementContaining

Nested Class Summary

static class

AWIf.AWIfBlock

Constructor Summary

AWIf()

Method Summary

AWIf.AWIfBlock[]	_conditionBlocks()
void	add(AWElement element)
void	applyValues(AWRequestContext requestContext, AWComponent component) The receiver should take any form values (or query string parameters) that it owns from the AWRequestContext.request().
static boolean	evaluateConditionInComponent(AWBinding conditionBinding, AWComponent component, boolean negate)
void	init(java.lang.String tagName, java.util.Map bindingsHashtable)
AWResponseGenerating	invokeAction(AWRequestContext requestContext, AWComponent component) The receiver should determine if it is the intended recipient of the current action (by checking the AWRequestContext.request() AWRequest.senderId()) and, if so, handle the action and return the result.
void	renderResponse(AWRequestContext requestContext, AWComponent component) The receiver should render its content to the AWRequestContext.response()
void	setLineNumber(int lineNumber)
void	setTemplateName(java.lang.String name)
java.lang.String	toString()
void	validate(AWValidationContext validationContext, AWComponent component) Checks for things like valid binding names and definitions.

Methods inherited from class ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWBindableElement

allBindings, appendTo, determineInstance, tagName

Methods inherited from class ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWBaseElement

bareStringContent, clone, continueVisit, determineInstance, lineNumber, startVisit, templateName

Methods inherited from class ariba.ui.aribaweb.util.AWBaseObject

debugString, ensureFieldValuesClear, getFieldValue, init, isKindOfClass, localizedJavaString, logString, logWarning, setFieldValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWElement

clone

Methods inherited from interface ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWCycleableReference

determineInstance

Methods inherited from interface ariba.ui.aribaweb.util.AWObject

getFieldValue, init, isKindOfClass, setFieldValue

Methods inherited from interface ariba.ui.aribaweb.core.AWVisitable

continueVisit, startVisit

Constructor Detail

AWIf

public AWIf()

Method Detail

_conditionBlocks

public AWIf.AWIfBlock[] _conditionBlocks()

setTemplateName

public void setTemplateName(java.lang.String name)

Overrides:

setTemplateName in class AWBaseElement

setLineNumber

public void setLineNumber(int lineNumber)

Overrides:

setLineNumber in class AWBaseElement

evaluateConditionInComponent

public static boolean evaluateConditionInComponent(AWBinding conditionBinding,
                                                   AWComponent component,
                                                   boolean negate)

init

public void init(java.lang.String tagName,
                 java.util.Map bindingsHashtable)

Specified by:

init in interface AWBindable

Overrides:

init in class AWBindableElement

add

public void add(AWElement element)

Specified by:

add in interface AWElementContaining

applyValues

public void applyValues(AWRequestContext requestContext,
                        AWComponent component)

Description copied from interface: AWCycleable

The receiver should take any form values (or query string parameters) that it owns from the AWRequestContext.request().

Specified by:

applyValues in interface AWCycleable

Overrides:

applyValues in class AWBaseElement

Parameters:

requestContext - the context for the current request.

component - the current parent component

invokeAction

public AWResponseGenerating invokeAction(AWRequestContext requestContext,
                                         AWComponent component)

Description copied from interface: AWCycleable

The receiver should determine if it is the intended recipient of the current action (by checking the AWRequestContext.request() AWRequest.senderId()) and, if so, handle the action and return the result.

Specified by:

invokeAction in interface AWCycleable

Overrides:

invokeAction in class AWBaseElement

Parameters:

requestContext - the context for the current request.

component - the current parent component

Returns:

the response for the action

renderResponse

public void renderResponse(AWRequestContext requestContext,
                           AWComponent component)

Description copied from interface: AWCycleable

The receiver should render its content to the AWRequestContext.response()

Specified by:

renderResponse in interface AWCycleable

Overrides:

renderResponse in class AWBaseElement

Parameters:

requestContext - the context for the current request.

component - the current parent component

validate

public void validate(AWValidationContext validationContext,
                     AWComponent component)

Description copied from class: AWBaseElement

Checks for things like valid binding names and definitions. Logs all errors and warnings. This is the default, which is to do nothing.

Specified by:

validate in interface AWElement

Overrides:

validate in class AWBindableElement

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AWBaseElement