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org.zkoss.zk.ui
Class AbstractComponent

java.lang.Object
  org.zkoss.zk.ui.AbstractComponent

All Implemented Interfaces:: java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, Component, Scope, ComponentCtrl

Direct Known Subclasses:: AbstractTag, Area, HtmlBasedComponent, HtmlNativeComponent, Script, StubComponent, Style, Text, Transformer, XmlMacroComponent, XmlNativeComponent, Zkhead

public class AbstractComponent
extends java.lang.Object
implements Component, ComponentCtrl, java.io.Serializable
extends java.lang.Object
implements Component, ComponentCtrl, java.io.Serializable

A skeletal implementation of Component.

Author:: tomyeh
See Also:: Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary
`protected class`	`AbstractComponent.Children` The default implementation for `getChildren()`.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component
`APPLICATION_SCOPE, COMPONENT_SCOPE, DESKTOP_SCOPE, PAGE_SCOPE, REQUEST_SCOPE, SESSION_SCOPE, SPACE_SCOPE`

Fields inherited from interface org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ComponentCtrl
`CE_BUSY_IGNORE, CE_DUPLICATE_IGNORE, CE_IMPORTANT, CE_NON_DEFERRABLE, CE_REPEAT_IGNORE`

Constructor Summary
`AbstractComponent()` Constructs a component with auto-generated ID.

Method Summary
`void`	`addAnnotation(java.lang.String annotName, java.util.Map annotAttrs)` Associates an annotation to this component.
`void`	`addAnnotation(java.lang.String propName, java.lang.String annotName, java.util.Map annotAttrs)` Adds an annotation to the specified proeprty of this component.
`protected static void`	`addClientEvent(java.lang.Class cls, java.lang.String evtnm, int flags)` Adds an event that the client might send to the server.
`void`	`addEventHandler(java.lang.String name, EventHandler evthd)` Adds an event handler.
`boolean`	`addEventListener(java.lang.String evtnm, EventListener listener)` Adds an event listener to specified event name for this component.
`boolean`	`addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent, Component target, java.lang.String targetEvent)` Adds a forward condition to forward the event received by this component to another component.
`boolean`	`addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent, Component target, java.lang.String targetEvent, java.lang.Object eventData)` Adds a forward condition to forward the event received by this component to another component with extra event data.
`boolean`	`addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent, java.lang.String targetPath, java.lang.String targetEvent)` Adds a forward condition to forward the event received by this component to another component, specified with a path.
`boolean`	`addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent, java.lang.String targetPath, java.lang.String targetEvent, java.lang.Object eventData)` Adds a forward condition to forward the event received by this component to another component of the specified path with extra event data.
`protected void`	`addMoved(Component oldparent, Page oldpg, Page newpg)` Called when this component is moved from the specified parent and/or page to the new page.
`boolean`	`addScopeListener(ScopeListener listener)` Adds a listener to listen whether this scope is changed.
`void`	`addSharedAnnotationMap(AnnotationMap annots)` Add a map of annotations which is shared by other components.
`void`	`addSharedEventHandlerMap(EventHandlerMap evthds)` Adds a map of event handlers which is shared by other components.
`boolean`	`appendChild(Component child)` Appends a child to the end of all children.
`void`	`applyProperties()` Initializes the properties (aka. members) based on what are defined in the component definition.
`void`	`beforeChildAdded(Component child, Component insertBefore)` Default: does nothing.
`void`	`beforeChildRemoved(Component child)` Default: does nothing.
`void`	`beforeParentChanged(Component parent)` Default: does nothing.
`java.lang.Object`	`clone()` Clones the component.
`boolean`	`containsVariable(java.lang.String name, boolean local)` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with `hasAttribute(java.lang.String, int)`.
`void`	`detach()` Detaches this component such that it won't belong to any page.
`protected void`	`didActivate(java.util.Collection c)` Utility to invoke `ComponentActivationListener.didActivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for each object in the collection.
`protected void`	`didActivate(java.lang.Object o)` Utility to invoke `ComponentActivationListener.didActivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for the specified object.
`protected void`	`didDeserialize(java.util.Collection c)` Utility to invoke `ComponentSerializationListener.didDeserialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for each object in the collection.
`protected void`	`didDeserialize(java.lang.Object o)` Utility to invoke `ComponentSerializationListener.didDeserialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for the specified object.
`boolean`	`disableClientUpdate(boolean disable)` Sets whether to disable the update of the client widgets of this component and its descendants.
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object o)`
`java.util.List`	`getAnnotatedProperties()` Returns a read-only list of the name (String) of properties that are associated at least one annotation (never null).
`java.util.List`	`getAnnotatedPropertiesBy(java.lang.String annotName)` Returns a read-only list of the names (String) of the properties that are associated with the specified annotation (never null).
`Annotation`	`getAnnotation(java.lang.String annotName)` Returns the annotation associated with the component, or null if not available.
`Annotation`	`getAnnotation(java.lang.String propName, java.lang.String annotName)` Returns the annotation associated with the definition of the specified property, or null if not available.
`java.util.Collection`	`getAnnotations()` Returns a read-only collection of all annotations associated with this component (never null).
`java.util.Collection`	`getAnnotations(java.lang.String propName)` Returns a read-only collection of all annotations associated with the specified property (never null).
`java.lang.Object`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Returns the custom attribute associated with this component, i.e., `Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE`.
`java.lang.Object`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean recurse)` Returns the custom attribute associated with this object.
`java.lang.Object`	`getAttribute(java.lang.String name, int scope)` Returns the value of the specified custom attribute in the specified scope, or null if not defined.
`java.lang.Object`	`getAttributeOrFellow(java.lang.String name, boolean recurse)` Returns the custom attribute associated with this component, or the fellow of this component; or null if not found.
`java.util.Map`	`getAttributes()` Returns all custom attributes associated with this component, i.e., `Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE`.
`java.util.Map`	`getAttributes(int scope)` Returns all custom attributes of the specified scope.
`AuService`	`getAuService()` Returns an AU service to process the AU request before the component's default handling.
`java.util.List`	`getChildren()` Returns a live list of children.
`java.util.Map`	`getClientEvents()` Returns a map of event information that the client might send to this component.
`protected java.lang.String`	`getDefaultMold(java.lang.Class klass)` Returns the default mold for the given class.
`ComponentDefinition`	`getDefinition()` Returns the component definition of this component (never null).
`Desktop`	`getDesktop()` Returns the desktop of this component, or null if this component doesn't belong to any desktop.
`ZScript`	`getEventHandler(java.lang.String evtnm)` Returns the event listener of the specified name, or null if not found.
`java.util.Set`	`getEventHandlerNames()` Returns a readonly collection of event names (String), or an empty collection if no event name is registered.
`java.lang.Object`	`getExtraCtrl()` Returns the extra controls that tell ZK how to handle this component specially.
`Component`	`getFellow(java.lang.String compId)` Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space.
`Component`	`getFellow(java.lang.String compId, boolean recurse)` Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space.
`Component`	`getFellowIfAny(java.lang.String compId)` Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space, or null if not found.
`Component`	`getFellowIfAny(java.lang.String compId, boolean recurse)` Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space, or null if not found.
`java.util.Collection`	`getFellows()` Returns all fellows in the same ID space of this component.
`Component`	`getFirstChild()` Returns the first child component, or null if no child at all.
`java.lang.String`	`getId()` Returns the ID.
`Component`	`getLastChild()` Returns the last child component, or null if no child at all.
`java.util.Iterator`	`getListenerIterator(java.lang.String evtnm)` Returns an iterator for iterating listener for the specified event.
`java.lang.String`	`getMold()` Returns the mold used to render this component.
`Namespace`	`getNamespace()` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, use `getAttribute(java.lang.String, int)`, `setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, int)` instead.
`Component`	`getNextSibling()` Returns the next sibling, or null if it is the last child.
`Page`	`getPage()` Returns the page that this component belongs to, or null if it doesn't belong to any page.
`Component`	`getParent()` Returns the parent component, or null if this is the root component.
`Component`	`getPreviousSibling()` Returns the previous sibling, or null if it is the first child.
`Component`	`getRoot()` Returns the root of the specified component.
`IdSpace`	`getSpaceOwner()` Returns the owner of the ID space that this component belongs to.
`java.lang.String`	`getStubonly()` Returns whether this component is stub-only.
`java.lang.String`	`getUuid()` Returns UUID (universal unique ID) which is unique in the whole session.
`java.lang.Object`	`getVariable(java.lang.String name, boolean local)` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with `getAttribute(java.lang.String, int)`.
`java.lang.String`	`getWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Returns the value of a DOM attribute
`java.util.Set`	`getWidgetAttributeNames()` Returns a read-only collection of additions DOM attributes that shall be generated.
`java.lang.String`	`getWidgetClass()` Returns the widget class (aka., widget type), or null if not defined.
`java.lang.String`	`getWidgetListener(java.lang.String evtnm)` Returns the script of the client event, or null if not found.
`java.util.Set`	`getWidgetListenerNames()` Returns a read-only collection of event names (String) that the listener of the peer widget are assigned, or an empty collection if none is registered.
`java.lang.String`	`getWidgetOverride(java.lang.String name)` Returns the script of the method definition to override widget's method, or null if not found.
`java.util.Set`	`getWidgetOverrideNames()` Returns a read-only collection of the property names (String) that shall be overridden, or an empty collection if none is registered.
`boolean`	`hasAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Returns if the custom attribute is associate with this component.
`boolean`	`hasAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean recurse)` Returns if a custom attribute is associated with this object.
`boolean`	`hasAttribute(java.lang.String name, int scope)` Returns if the custom attribute is associate with this component.
`boolean`	`hasAttributeOrFellow(java.lang.String name, boolean recurse)` Returns if a custom attribute is associated with this component, or the fellow of this component.
`boolean`	`hasFellow(java.lang.String compId)` Returns whether a fellow exists in the same ID space of this component.
`boolean`	`hasFellow(java.lang.String compId, boolean recurse)` Returns whether there is a fellow named with the specified component ID in the same ID space as this component.
`boolean`	`insertBefore(Component newChild, Component refChild)` Inserts a child before the reference child.
`void`	`invalidate()` Invalidates this component by setting the dirty flag such that it will be redraw the whole content of this component and its dependences later.
`protected boolean`	`isChildable()` Returns whether this component can have a child.
`boolean`	`isInvalidated()` Returns if this component needs to be redrawn at the client.
`boolean`	`isListenerAvailable(java.lang.String evtnm, boolean asap)` Returns whether the event listener is available.
`boolean`	`isVisible()` Returns whether this component is visible.
`protected java.util.List`	`newChildren()` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.4, override `getChildren()` instead.
`protected java.lang.Object`	`newExtraCtrl()` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.4, override `getExtraCtrl()` instead.
`void`	`onChildAdded(Component child)` Default: does nothing.
`void`	`onChildRemoved(Component child)` Default: does nothing.
`void`	`onPageAttached(Page newpage, Page oldpage)` Default: handles special event listeners.
`void`	`onPageDetached(Page page)` Default: handles special event listeners.
`WrongValueException`	`onWrongValue(WrongValueException ex)` Notifies that an `WrongValueException` instance is thrown, and `WrongValueException.getComponent()` is this component.
`void`	`redraw(java.io.Writer out)` Redraws this component and all its descendants.
`protected void`	`redrawChildren(java.io.Writer out)` Redraws childrens (and then recursively descandants).
`java.lang.Object`	`removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)` Removes the custom attribute associated with this component, i.e., `Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE`.
`java.lang.Object`	`removeAttribute(java.lang.String name, boolean recurse)` Removes the custom attribute associated with this scope.
`java.lang.Object`	`removeAttribute(java.lang.String name, int scope)` Removes the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.
`boolean`	`removeChild(Component child)` Removes a child.
`boolean`	`removeEventListener(java.lang.String evtnm, EventListener listener)` Removes an event listener.
`boolean`	`removeForward(java.lang.String orgEvent, Component target, java.lang.String targetEvent)` Removes a forward condition that was added by `Component.addForward(String, Component, String)`.
`boolean`	`removeForward(java.lang.String orgEvent, java.lang.String targetPath, java.lang.String targetEvent)` Removes a forward condition that was added by `Component.addForward(String, String, String)`.
`boolean`	`removeScopeListener(ScopeListener listener)` Removes a change listener from this scope.
`protected void`	`render(ContentRenderer renderer, java.lang.String name, boolean value)` An utility to be called by `renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer)` to render a boolean-value property if it is true.
`protected void`	`render(ContentRenderer renderer, java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)` An utility to be called by `renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer)` to render a string-value property.
`protected void`	`render(ContentRenderer renderer, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)` An utility to be called by `renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer)` to render a string-value property.
`protected void`	`renderIdSpace(ContentRenderer renderer)` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.8, no longer used.
`protected void`	`renderProperties(ContentRenderer renderer)` Called by (`ComponentCtrl.redraw(java.io.Writer)`) to render the properties, excluding the enclosing tag and children.
`protected void`	`response(AuResponse response)` Causes a response to be sent to the client.
`protected void`	`response(java.lang.String key, AuResponse response)` Causes a response to be sent to the client by overriding the key returned by `AuResponse.getOverrideKey()`).
`void`	`service(AuRequest request, boolean everError)` Handles an AU request.
`void`	`sessionDidActivate(Page page)` Notification that the session, which owns this component, has just been activated (aka., deserialized).
`void`	`sessionWillPassivate(Page page)` Notification that the session, which owns this component, is about to be passivated (aka., serialized).
`java.lang.Object`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)` Sets the custom attribute associated with this component, i.e., `Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE`.
`java.lang.Object`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, boolean recurse)` Sets the custom attribute associated with this scope, or the parent scope.
`java.lang.Object`	`setAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value, int scope)` Sets the value of the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.
`void`	`setAuService(AuService ausvc)` Sets an AU service to process the AU request before the component's default handling.
`void`	`setDefinition(ComponentDefinition compdef)` Sets the component definition.
`void`	`setDefinition(java.lang.String name)` Sets the component definition by specifing the name.
`void`	`setId(java.lang.String id)` Sets the ID.
`void`	`setMold(java.lang.String mold)` Sets the mold to render this component.
`void`	`setPage(Page page)` Sets what page this component belongs to.
`void`	`setPageBefore(Page page, Component refRoot)` Sets what page this component belongs to, and insert this component right before the reference component.
`void`	`setParent(Component parent)` Sets the parent component.
`void`	`setStubonly(java.lang.String stubonly)` Sets whether this component is stub-only.
`void`	`setVariable(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object val, boolean local)` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with `setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, int)`.
`boolean`	`setVisible(boolean visible)` Sets whether this component is visible.
`protected void`	`setVisibleDirectly(boolean visible)` Changes the visibility directly without sending any update to the client.
`java.lang.String`	`setWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value)` Sets or removes a DOM attribute of the peer widget (at the client).
`void`	`setWidgetClass(java.lang.String wgtcls)` Sets the widget class (aka., the widget type).
`java.lang.String`	`setWidgetListener(java.lang.String evtnm, java.lang.String script)` Sets or removes an event listener of the peer widget.
`java.lang.String`	`setWidgetOverride(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String script)` Sets or removes a method or a property of the peer widget (at the client).
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, boolean value)` A special smart update to update a value in boolean.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, byte value)` A special smart update to update a value in byte.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, char value)` A special smart update to update a value in character.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, java.util.Date value)` A special smart update to update a value in Date.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, double value)` A special smart update to update a value in double.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, float value)` A special smart update to update a value in float.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, int value)` A special smart update to update a value in int.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, long value)` A special smart update to update a value in long.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, java.lang.Object value)` Smart-updates a property of the peer widget associated with the component, running at the client, with the given value.
`protected void`	`smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr, java.lang.Object value, boolean append)` Smart-updates a property of the peer widget with the given value that allows caller to decide whether to append or overwrite.
`protected void`	`smartUpdateWidgetListener(java.lang.String evtnm, java.lang.String script)` A special smart update to update an event listener for the peer widget.
`protected void`	`smartUpdateWidgetOverride(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String script)` A special smart update to update a method or a field of the peer widget.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`
`void`	`unsetVariable(java.lang.String name, boolean local)` Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with `removeAttribute(java.lang.String, int)`.
`protected void`	`updateByClient(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object value)` Called when the widget running at the client asks the server to update a value.
`protected void`	`willPassivate(java.util.Collection c)` Utility to invoke `ComponentActivationListener.willPassivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for each object in the collection.
`protected void`	`willPassivate(java.lang.Object o)` Utility to invoke `ComponentActivationListener.willPassivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for the specified object.
`protected void`	`willSerialize(java.util.Collection c)` Utility to invoke `ComponentSerializationListener.willSerialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for each object in the collection.
`protected void`	`willSerialize(java.lang.Object o)` Utility to invoke `ComponentSerializationListener.willSerialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)` for the specified object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

AbstractComponent

public AbstractComponent()

Constructs a component with auto-generated ID.

Since:: 3.0.7 (becomes public)

Method Detail

newChildren

protected java.util.List newChildren()

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.4, override getChildren() instead.

Creates and returns the instance for storing child components.

Default: it instantiates AbstractComponent.Children.

Since:: 3.5.1

getPage

public Page getPage()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the page that this component belongs to, or null if it doesn't belong to any page.

When a component is created (aka., constructed), it doesn't belong to any page. And, if a component doesn't belong to any page, they won't be displayed at the client.

When changing parent (Component.setParent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)), the child component's page will become the same as parent's. In other words, a component is added to a page automatically if it becomes a child of another component (who belongs to a page).

For root components, you have to invoke Component.setPage(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page) Explicitly.

Specified by:: getPage in interface Component

See Also:: Component.setParent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component), Component.setPage(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)

getDesktop

public Desktop getDesktop()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the desktop of this component, or null if this component doesn't belong to any desktop.

When a component is created in an event listener, it is assigned to the current desktop automatically. If a component is created not in any event listener, it doesn't belong to any desktop and this method returns null. Once a component is attached to a desktop (by use of Component.setPage(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page) or Component.setParent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)), it belongs to the desktop.

Notice: there is no way to detach a component from a desktop, once it is attached as described above. In other words, you cannot move a component (or page) from one desktop to another.

In summary, there are only two ways to handle components.

Handle them all in event listeners and don't access any components from other desktops. This is simplest and clearest.
Creates components in another thread (other than event listener) and attach them to a page (and then desktop) upon an event is received.

Specified by:: getDesktop in interface Component

setPage

public void setPage(Page page)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets what page this component belongs to. If this component already belongs to the same page, nothing is changed.

For child components, the page they belong is maintained automatically. You need to invoke this method only for root components.

Note: a component might be attached to a page due invocations other than this method. For example, a component is attached if its parent is attached. To know whether it is attached, override ComponentCtrl.onPageAttached(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page) rather than this method.

If you would like to monitor if a component is attached or detached from a page, you could register a desktop listener implementing UiLifeCycle.

Specified by:: setPage in interface Component

See Also:: ComponentCtrl.onPageAttached(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page), ComponentCtrl.onPageDetached(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)

setPageBefore

public void setPageBefore(Page page,
                          Component refRoot)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets what page this component belongs to, and insert this component right before the reference component.

For child components, the page they belong is maintained automatically. You need to invoke this method only for root components.

It is similar to Component.setPage(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page), except this component will be placed before the reference component. If the reference component is null, this component is placed at the end of all root components.

Specified by:: setPageBefore in interface Component

refRoot - another root component used as a reference which this component will be placed before. If null, this component will be placed at the end of all root components (no matter whether it already belongs to the same page).
See Also:: Component.setPage(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)

addMoved

protected void addMoved(Component oldparent,
                        Page oldpg,
                        Page newpg)

Called when this component is moved from the specified parent and/or page to the new page.

Default: it notifies UiEngine to update the component at the client (usually remove-and-add).

It is designed to let derived classes overriding this method to disable this update. However, you rarely need to override it. One possible but rare case: the component's visual part at the client updates the visual representation at the client and then notify the component at the server to update its children accordingly. In this case, it is redudant if we ask UI Engine to send the updates to client.

Parameters:: oldparent - the parent before moved. The new parent can be found by calling getParent().; oldpg - the parent before moved.; newpg - the new page. getPage() might return the old page.

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the ID.

Default: "" (an empty string; it means no ID at all).

If a component belongs to an ID space (see IdSpace), the ID must also be unique in the ID space it belongs. any its parent and ancestor implements IdSpace. If it is a root component (i.e., without any parent), its ID must be unique among root components of the same page.

A page itself is also an ID space, so you could retrieve components in a page by use of IdSpace.getFellow(java.lang.String), unless the component is a descendant of another component that implements IdSpace. In this case, you have to retrieve the parent first (by use of IdSpace.getFellow(java.lang.String) and then use Component.getFellow(java.lang.String) against the owner of the ID space.

In zscript and EL, a component with explicit ID can be accessed directly by the ID.

Specified by:: getId in interface Component

See Also:: Path

setId

public void setId(java.lang.String id)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets the ID. The scope of uniqueness depends on whether this component is a root component. Refer to Component.getId() for more details.

Default: "" (an empty string; it means no ID at all).

Specified by:: setId in interface Component

Parameters:: id - the identifier. You could specify null or an empty string to remove ID.
See Also:: Path

getUuid

public java.lang.String getUuid()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns UUID (universal unique ID) which is unique in the whole session. The UUID is generated automatically and immutable, unless RawId is also implemented.

It is mainly used for communication between client and server and you rarely need to access it.

If RawId is implemented as part of a component, UUID is the same as Component.getId() if Component.setId(java.lang.String) is ever called. It is designed to migrate HTML pages to ZK, such that the element ID could remain the same.

Specified by:: getUuid in interface Component

getSpaceOwner

public IdSpace getSpaceOwner()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the owner of the ID space that this component belongs to. The returned value could be a component, a page or null. If this component itself implements IdSpace, this method returns itself. If it has an ancestor that implements IdSpace, the ancestor is returned. Otherwise, the page it belongs to is returned

Each ID space defines an independent set of IDs. No component in the same ID space could have the same ID. To get any component in the same ID space, you could use Component.getFellow(java.lang.String). See IdSpace for more details.

Specified by:: getSpaceOwner in interface Component

hasFellow

public boolean hasFellow(java.lang.String compId)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns whether a fellow exists in the same ID space of this component.

Specified by:: hasFellow in interface Component

getFellow

public Component getFellow(java.lang.String compId)
                    throws ComponentNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space. Components in the same ID space assinged with ID are called fellows.

Unlike Component.getFellowIfAny(java.lang.String), it throws an exception if not found.

Specified by:: getFellow in interface Component

Throws:: ComponentNotFoundException - is thrown if fellow not found

getFellowIfAny

public Component getFellowIfAny(java.lang.String compId)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space, or null if not found.

Unlike Component.getFellow(java.lang.String), it returns null if not found.

Specified by:: getFellowIfAny in interface Component

getFellows

public java.util.Collection getFellows()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns all fellows in the same ID space of this component. Notice that only components that are assigned with ID are considered as fellows. The returned collection is read-only.

Specified by:: getFellows in interface Component

getFellow

public Component getFellow(java.lang.String compId,
                           boolean recurse)
                    throws ComponentNotFoundException

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space. It is the same as getSpaceOwner().getFellow(id, recurse);

Unlike Component.getFellowIfAny(String, boolean), it throws ComponentNotFoundException if not found.

Specified by:: getFellow in interface Component

recurse - whether to look up the parent ID space for the existence of the fellow
Throws:: ComponentNotFoundException - is thrown if this component doesn't belong to any ID space

getFellowIfAny

public Component getFellowIfAny(java.lang.String compId,
                                boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a component of the specified ID in the same ID space, or null if not found. It is the same as getSpaceOwner().getFellowIfAny(id, recurse);

Unlike Component.getFellow(String, boolean), it returns null if not found.

Specified by:: getFellowIfAny in interface Component

recurse - whether to look up the parent ID space for the existence of the fellow

hasFellow

public boolean hasFellow(java.lang.String compId,
                         boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns whether there is a fellow named with the specified component ID in the same ID space as this component. It is the same as getSpaceOwner().hasFellow(id, recurse);

Specified by:: hasFellow in interface Component

recurse - whether to look up the parent ID space for the existence of the fellow

getNextSibling

public Component getNextSibling()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the next sibling, or null if it is the last child.

Specified by:: getNextSibling in interface Component

getPreviousSibling

public Component getPreviousSibling()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the previous sibling, or null if it is the first child.

Specified by:: getPreviousSibling in interface Component

getFirstChild

public Component getFirstChild()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the first child component, or null if no child at all.

Specified by:: getFirstChild in interface Component

getLastChild

public Component getLastChild()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the last child component, or null if no child at all.

Specified by:: getLastChild in interface Component

setWidgetListener

public java.lang.String setWidgetListener(java.lang.String evtnm,
                                          java.lang.String script)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets or removes an event listener of the peer widget. If there is an event listener associated with the same event, the previous one will be replaced and returned.

Specified by:: setWidgetListener in interface Component

Parameters:: evtnm - the event name, such as onClick; script - the script to handle the event. If null, the event handler is removed.
Returns:: the previous script if any

getWidgetListener

public java.lang.String getWidgetListener(java.lang.String evtnm)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the script of the client event, or null if not found.

Specified by:: getWidgetListener in interface Component

getWidgetListenerNames

public java.util.Set getWidgetListenerNames()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a read-only collection of event names (String) that the listener of the peer widget are assigned, or an empty collection if none is registered.

Specified by:: getWidgetListenerNames in interface Component

setWidgetOverride

public java.lang.String setWidgetOverride(java.lang.String name,
                                          java.lang.String script)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets or removes a method or a property of the peer widget (at the client). If there is a method or a property associated with the same name, the previous one will be replaced and returned.

For example,

comp.setWidgetOverride("setValue", "function (value) {}"); //override a method
comp.setWidgetOverride("myfield", "new Date()"); //override a property

If there is no previous method or property, the method/property will be assigned directly.

Notice that, unlike Component.setWidgetListener(java.lang.String, java.lang.String), if the method has been sent to the client for update, it cannot be removed by calling this method with a null value. In other words, invoking this method with a null value only removes the method overrides if it has not YET been to sent to the client.

The previous method/property can be accessed by this.$xxx. For example

function (value, fromServer) {
  this.$setValue(value, fromServer);
  if (this.desktop) {
    this._cnt = !this._cnt;
    this.setStyle('background:'+(this._cnt ? 'red':'green'));
  }
}

Notice that, since it is not extending, so this.$super references the superclass's method, rather than the old method.

Specified by:: setWidgetOverride in interface Component

Parameters:

name - the property name to override, such as setValue and miles.

script - the method definition, such as function (arg) {...}, or a value, such as 123 and new Date(). If not null, this method will be added to the peer widget. If there was a method with the same name, it will be renamed to $name so can you call it back.

<label w:setValue="function (value) {
  this.$setValue(value); //old method
}"/>

If null, the previous method, if any, will be restored.

Returns:

the previous script if any

getWidgetOverride

public java.lang.String getWidgetOverride(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the script of the method definition to override widget's method, or null if not found.

Specified by:: getWidgetOverride in interface Component

getWidgetOverrideNames

public java.util.Set getWidgetOverrideNames()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a read-only collection of the property names (String) that shall be overridden, or an empty collection if none is registered.

Specified by:: getWidgetOverrideNames in interface Component

setWidgetAttribute

public java.lang.String setWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                           java.lang.String value)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets or removes a DOM attribute of the peer widget (at the client). ZK pass the attributes directly to the DOM attribute generated at the client.

Notice that Component.setWidgetOverride(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) or Component.setWidgetListener(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) are used to customize the peer widget, while Component.setWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) customizes the DOM element of the peer widget directly.

Unlike Component.setWidgetOverride(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) or Component.setWidgetListener(java.lang.String, java.lang.String), Component.setWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) has no effect if the widget has been generated at the client, unless Component.invalidate() is called.

Specified by:: setWidgetAttribute in interface Component

Parameters:: name - the attribute name to generate to the DOM element, such as onload. Unlike Component.setWidgetOverride(java.lang.String, java.lang.String), the name might contain no alphanumeric characters, such as colon and dash.; value - the value of the attribute. It could be anything depending on the attribute. If null, the attribute will be removed. Make sure to specify an empty string if you want an attribute with an empty value.
Returns:: the previous value if any

getWidgetAttribute

public java.lang.String getWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the value of a DOM attribute

Specified by:: getWidgetAttribute in interface Component

getWidgetAttributeNames

public java.util.Set getWidgetAttributeNames()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns a read-only collection of additions DOM attributes that shall be generated. That is, they are the attributes added by Component.setWidgetAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String).

Specified by:: getWidgetAttributeNames in interface Component

getAttributes

public java.util.Map getAttributes(int scope)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns all custom attributes of the specified scope. You could reference them by use of componentScope, spaceScope, pageScope, requestScope and desktopScope in zscript and EL.

If scope is Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, it means custom attributes private to this component.

If scope is Component.SPACE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same ID space as this one's.

If scope is Component.PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

If scope is Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktopas this one's.

Specified by:: getAttributes in interface Component

Parameters:: scope - one of Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, Component.SPACE_SCOPE, Component.PAGE_SCOPE, Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, Component.SESSION_SCOPE, Component.REQUEST_SCOPE or Component.APPLICATION_SCOPE,

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     int scope)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the value of the specified custom attribute in the specified scope, or null if not defined.

If scope is Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, it means attributes private to this component.

If scope is Component.SPACE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same ID space as this one's.

If scope is Component.PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

If scope is Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktop as this one's.

Specified by:: getAttribute in interface Component

scope - one of Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, Component.SPACE_SCOPE, Component.PAGE_SCOPE, Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, Component.SESSION_SCOPE, Component.REQUEST_SCOPE or Component.APPLICATION_SCOPE,

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            int scope)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns if the custom attribute is associate with this component.

If scope is Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, it means attributes private to this component.

If scope is Component.SPACE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same ID space as this one's.

If scope is Component.PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

If scope is Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktop as this one's.

Notice that null is a valid value, so you can tell if an attribute is associated by examining the return value of Component.getAttribute(java.lang.String, int).

Specified by:: hasAttribute in interface Component

setAttribute

public java.lang.Object setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.Object value,
                                     int scope)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets the value of the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.

If scope is Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, it means custom attributes private to this component.

If scope is Component.SPACE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same ID space as this one's.

If scope is Component.PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

If scope is Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktop as this one's.

Specified by:: setAttribute in interface Component

value - the value. If null, the attribute is removed.

removeAttribute

public java.lang.Object removeAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                        int scope)

Description copied from interface: Component

Removes the specified custom attribute in the specified scope.

If scope is Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, it means attributes private to this component.

If scope is Component.SPACE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same ID space as this one's.

If scope is Component.PAGE_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same page as this one's.

If scope is Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, it means custom attributes shared by components from the same desktop as this one's.

Specified by:: removeAttribute in interface Component

scope - Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE, Component.SPACE_SCOPE, Component.PAGE_SCOPE, Component.DESKTOP_SCOPE, Component.SESSION_SCOPE, Component.REQUEST_SCOPE or Component.APPLICATION_SCOPE,

getAttributes

public java.util.Map getAttributes()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns all custom attributes associated with this component, i.e., Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE.

Specified by:: getAttributes in interface Component
Specified by:: getAttributes in interface Scope

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the custom attribute associated with this component, i.e., Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE.

Specified by:: getAttribute in interface Component
Specified by:: getAttribute in interface Scope

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns if the custom attribute is associate with this component.

Notice that null is a valid value, so you can tell if an attribute is associated by examining the return value of Component.getAttribute(java.lang.String, int).

Specified by:: hasAttribute in interface Component
Specified by:: hasAttribute in interface Scope

setAttribute

public java.lang.Object setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.Object value)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets the custom attribute associated with this component, i.e., Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE.

Specified by:: setAttribute in interface Component
Specified by:: setAttribute in interface Scope

Returns:: the previous value associated with the attribute, if any

removeAttribute

public java.lang.Object removeAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: Component

Removes the custom attribute associated with this component, i.e., Component.COMPONENT_SCOPE.

Specified by:: removeAttribute in interface Component
Specified by:: removeAttribute in interface Scope

Returns:: the previous value associated with the attribute, if any,

getAttribute

public java.lang.Object getAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Scope

Returns the custom attribute associated with this object.

Specified by:: getAttribute in interface Scope

recurse - whether to search its ancestor scope. If true and the current scope doen't define the attribute, it searches up its ancestor to see any of them has defined the specified attribute.

hasAttribute

public boolean hasAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                            boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Scope

Returns if a custom attribute is associated with this object.

Notice that null is a valid value, so you can tell if an attribute is assoicated by examining the return value of Scope.getAttribute(java.lang.String).

Specified by:: hasAttribute in interface Scope

recurse - whether to search its ancestor scope. If true and the current scope doen't define the attribute, it searches up its ancestor to see any of them has defined the specified attribute.

setAttribute

public java.lang.Object setAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                     java.lang.Object value,
                                     boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Scope

Sets the custom attribute associated with this scope, or the parent scope.

Specified by:: setAttribute in interface Scope

recurse - whether to look up the parent scope for the existence of the attribute.
If recurse is true and the attribute is defined in one of its ancestor (including page), the attribute is replaced. Otherwise, it is the same as Scope.setAttribute(String,Object).

removeAttribute

public java.lang.Object removeAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                                        boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Scope

Removes the custom attribute associated with this scope.

Specified by:: removeAttribute in interface Scope

recurse - whether to look up the parent scope for the existence of the attribute.
If recurse is true and the attribute is defined in one of its ancestor (including page), the attribute is removed. Otherwise, it is the same as Scope.removeAttribute(String).

getAttributeOrFellow

public java.lang.Object getAttributeOrFellow(java.lang.String name,
                                             boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the custom attribute associated with this component, or the fellow of this component; or null if not found.

Notice that it doesn't check any variable defined in VariableResolver (of Page.addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver)).

Specified by:: getAttributeOrFellow in interface Component

recurse - whether to look up the parent component for the existence of the attribute.
Notice that, if recurse is false and this component is not an ID space owner, it won't look at the fellow.
If recurse is true, it will look up all parents, page, desktop, session and application until found. If any of them is a space owner, the fellows will be searched.

hasAttributeOrFellow

public boolean hasAttributeOrFellow(java.lang.String name,
                                    boolean recurse)

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns if a custom attribute is associated with this component, or the fellow of this component.

Notice that it doesn't check any variable defined in VariableResolver (of Page.addVariableResolver(org.zkoss.xel.VariableResolver)).

Specified by:: hasAttributeOrFellow in interface Component

addScopeListener

public boolean addScopeListener(ScopeListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Scope

Adds a listener to listen whether this scope is changed. The listener is called when a custom attribute is added, removed, or the parent is changed.

Specified by:: addScopeListener in interface Scope

Returns:: wether the listener is added successfully. Note: if the resolver was added before, it won't be added again and this method returns false.

removeScopeListener

public boolean removeScopeListener(ScopeListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Scope

Removes a change listener from this scope.

Specified by:: removeScopeListener in interface Scope

Returns:: false if listener is not added before.

setVariable

public void setVariable(java.lang.String name,
                        java.lang.Object val,
                        boolean local)

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, int).

Specified by:: setVariable in interface Component

local - whether not to search any of the ancestor namespace defines the variable. If local is false and an ancestor has defined a variable with the same name, the variable in the ancestor is changed directly. Otherwise, a new variable is created in the namespace containing this component.

containsVariable

public boolean containsVariable(java.lang.String name,
                                boolean local)

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with hasAttribute(java.lang.String, int).

Specified by:: containsVariable in interface Component

local - whether not to search its ancestor. If false and the current namespace doen't define the variable, it searches up its ancestor (via Component.getParent()) to see any of them has defined the specified variable.

getVariable

public java.lang.Object getVariable(java.lang.String name,
                                    boolean local)

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with getAttribute(java.lang.String, int).

Specified by:: getVariable in interface Component

unsetVariable

public void unsetVariable(java.lang.String name,
                          boolean local)

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, replaced with removeAttribute(java.lang.String, int).

Specified by:: unsetVariable in interface Component

getParent

public Component getParent()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns the parent component, or null if this is the root component.

Specified by:: getParent in interface Component

setParent

public void setParent(Component parent)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets the parent component.

Specified by:: setParent in interface Component

insertBefore

public boolean insertBefore(Component newChild,
                            Component refChild)

Description copied from interface: Component

Inserts a child before the reference child.

You could use Component.setParent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component) or Component.appendChild(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component) instead of this method, unless you want to control where to put the child.

If you would like to monitor if a component is attached or detached from a page, you could register a desktop listener implementing UiLifeCycle.

Specified by:: insertBefore in interface Component

Parameters:: newChild - the new child to be inserted.; refChild - the child before which you want the new child being inserted. If null, the new child is append to the end.
Returns:: true if newChild is added successfully or moved; false if it already has the specified child and the order doesn't change.

appendChild

public boolean appendChild(Component child)

Appends a child to the end of all children. It calls insertBefore(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component) with refChild to be null. Derives cannot override this method, and they shall override insertBefore(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component) instead.

Specified by:: appendChild in interface Component

See Also:: Component.insertBefore(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)

removeChild

public boolean removeChild(Component child)

Description copied from interface: Component

Removes a child. The child is not actually removed. Rather, it is detached (see Component.detach()) and it will be removed if it is no longer used.

You could use Component.setParent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component) with null instead of this method.

If you would like to monitor if a component is attached or detached from a page, you could register a desktop listener implementing UiLifeCycle.

Specified by:: removeChild in interface Component

Returns:: true if child is removed successfully; false if it doesn't have the specified child

isChildable

protected boolean isChildable()

Returns whether this component can have a child.

Default: return true (means it can have children).

getChildren

public java.util.List getChildren()

Returns a live list of children. By live we mean the developer could add or remove a child by manipulating the returned list directly.

Default: instantiates and returns an instance of AbstractComponent.Children.

Specified by:: getChildren in interface Component

getRoot

public Component getRoot()

Returns the root of the specified component.

Specified by:: getRoot in interface Component

isVisible

public boolean isVisible()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns whether this component is visible.

Specified by:: isVisible in interface Component

See Also:: Components.isRealVisible(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)

setVisible

public boolean setVisible(boolean visible)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets whether this component is visible.

Specified by:: setVisible in interface Component

Returns:: the previous visibility

setVisibleDirectly

protected void setVisibleDirectly(boolean visible)

Changes the visibility directly without sending any update to the client. It is the caller's responsibility to maintain the consistency. It is rarely called. In most cases, you shall use setVisible(boolean) instead.

Since:: 5.0.4

getStubonly

public java.lang.String getStubonly()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns whether this component is stub-only. By stub-only, we mean we don't need to maintain the states of the component at the server side.

There are three possible values: "true", "false", and "inherit", and "ignore-native".

Notice that the native components will be stub-ized, no matter this property is set. Though rarely required, you could control whether to stub-ize the native components with a component attribute called Attributes.STUB_NATIVE.

Specified by:: getStubonly in interface Component

setStubonly

public void setStubonly(java.lang.String stubonly)

Description copied from interface: Component

Sets whether this component is stub-only. By stub-only, we mean we don't need to maintain the states of the component at the server side.

Default: "inherit" (i.e., the same as the parent's stub-only, and "false" is assumed if none of parents is specified with stub-only).

If a component is set to stub-only, the application running at the server shall not access it anymore after renderred to the client. The ZK loader will try to minimize the memory footprint by merging stub-only components and replacing with light-weight components.

However, the event listeners and handlers are preserved, so they will be invoked if the corresponding event is received. Since the original component is gone, the event is the more generic format: an instance of Event (rather than MouseEvent or others).

If a component is stub-only, the application usually access it only at the client since all widgets are preserved at the client (so are events).

This method is available only for ZK EE.

Specified by:: setStubonly in interface Component

Parameters:: stubonly - whether it is stub-only. The allowed values include "true", "false" and "inherit".

isInvalidated

public boolean isInvalidated()

Description copied from interface: Component

Returns if this component needs to be redrawn at the client.

Application developers rarely need to call this method.

Note:

It always returns true if it doesn't belong to any page (since redraw is required if it is attached to a page later).
It always returns true if the current execution is not an asynchronous update (so redrawn is always required).
If its parent is invalidated, this component will be redrawn too, but this method returns false if Component.invalidate() was not called against this component.

Specified by:: isInvalidated in interface Component

invalidate

public void invalidate()

Description copied from interface: Component

Invalidates this component by setting the dirty flag such that it will be redraw the whole content of this component and its dependences later. And, the widget associated with this component and all its descendant at the client will be deleted and recreated, too.

If the application is totally controlled by the server side (i.e., you don't write client codes), you rarely need to access this method.

It can be called only in the request-processing and event-processing phases. However, it is NOT allowed in the rendering phase.

Specified by:: invalidate in interface Component

response

protected void response(AuResponse response)

Causes a response to be sent to the client. It is the same as response(response.getOverrideKey(), response)

If AuResponse.getDepends() is not null, the response depends on the existence of the componet returned by AuResponse.getDepends(). In other words, the response is removed if the component is removed. If it is null, the response is component-independent and it is always sent to the client.

Unlike smartUpdate(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object), responses are sent even if Component.invalidate() was called. Typical examples include setting the focus, selecting the text and so on.

It can be called only in the request-processing and event-processing phases; excluding the redrawing phase.

Since:: 5.0.2
See Also:: response(String, AuResponse)

response

protected void response(java.lang.String key,
                        AuResponse response)

Causes a response to be sent to the client by overriding the key returned by AuResponse.getOverrideKey()).

If AuResponse.getDepends() is not null, the response depends on the existence of the component returned by AuResponse.getDepends(). In other words, the response is removed if the component is removed. If it is null, the response is component-independent and it is always sent to the client.

Unlike smartUpdate(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object), responses are sent even if Component.invalidate() was called. Typical examples include setting the focus, selecting the text and so on.

It can be called only in the request-processing and event-processing phases; excluding the redrawing phase.

Parameters:: key - could be anything. The second invocation of this method in the same execution with the same key and the same depends (AuResponse.getDepends()) will override the previous one. However, if key is null, it won't override any other. All responses with key == null will be sent.
Notice that if AuResponse.getDepends() is null, then be careful of the key you used since it is shared in the same execution (rather than a particular component).
Since:: 5.0.0 (become protected)

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           java.lang.Object value)

Smart-updates a property of the peer widget associated with the component, running at the client, with the given value.

The second invocation with the same property will replace the previous call. In other words, the same property will be set only once in each execution. If you prefer to send both updates to the client, use smartUpdate(String, Object, boolean) instead.

This method has no effect if invalidate() is ever invoked (in the same execution), since invalidate() assumes the whole content shall be redrawn and all smart updates to this components can be ignored,

Once invalidate() is called, all invocations to smartUpdate(String, Object) will then be ignored, and redraw(java.io.Writer) will be invoked later.

It can be called only in the request-processing and event-processing phases; excluding the redrawing phase.

There are two ways to draw a component, one is to invoke Component.invalidate(), and the other is smartUpdate(String, Object). While Component.invalidate() causes the whole content to redraw, smartUpdate(String, Object) let component developer control which part to redraw.

Parameters:

value - the new value. If it is DeferredValue, the value will be retrieved (by calling DeferredValue.getValue()) in the rendering phase. It is useful if the value can not be determined now.

For some old application servers (example, Webshpere 5.1), Execution.encodeURL(java.lang.String) cannot be called in the event processing thread. So, the developers have to use DeferredValue or disable the use of the event processing thread (by use of disable-event-thread in zk.xml).

If you want to generate the JavaScript code directly (i.e., the value is a valid JavaScript snippet), you can use JavaScriptValue. Notice that the JavaScript code will be evaluated before assigning it to the widget.

If the value is a Date object, a special pattern will be generated (aka., marshaling) to ensure it can be unmarshalled back correctly at the client. Notice that it is marshalled to a string based on TimeZones.getCurrent(), and then unmarshalled back at the client. In other words, if the client is in different time-zone, the value returned by getTime() might be different. However, the value will remain the same if the client marshalled the Date object back. In other words, it assumes the browser's time zone from enduser's perspective (not really browser's setting) shall be the same as TimeZones.getCurrent().

If the value is a component, a special pattern will be generated to ensure it can be unmarshalled back correctly at the client.

In addition, the value can be any kind of objects that the client accepts (marshaled by JSON) (see also JSONAware).

Since:

5.0.0 (become protected)

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           java.lang.Object value,
                           boolean append)

Smart-updates a property of the peer widget with the given value that allows caller to decide whether to append or overwrite. In other words, smartUpdate(String, Object) is a shortcut of smartUpdate(attr, value, false).

For example, if you invoke smartUpdate("attr", "value1") and smartUpdate("attr", "value2"), then only value2 will be sent to the client.

However, if you invoke smartUpdate("attr", "value1", true) and smartUpdate("attr", "value2", true), then both value1 and value2 will be sent to the client. In other words, wgt.setAttr("value1") and wgt.setAttr("value2") will be invoked at the client accordingly.

Parameters:: append - whether to append the updates of properties with the same name. If false, only the last value of the same property will be sent to the client.
Since:: 5.0.0
See Also:: smartUpdate(String, Object)

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           int value)

A special smart update to update a value in int.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           long value)

A special smart update to update a value in long.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           byte value)

A special smart update to update a value in byte.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           char value)

A special smart update to update a value in character.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           boolean value)

A special smart update to update a value in boolean.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           float value)

A special smart update to update a value in float.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           double value)

A special smart update to update a value in double.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdate

protected void smartUpdate(java.lang.String attr,
                           java.util.Date value)

A special smart update to update a value in Date.

It will invoke smartUpdate(String,Object) to update the attribute eventually.

Notice that the Date object is marshalled to a string based on TimeZones.getCurrent(), and then unmarshalled back at the client. In other words, if the client is in different time-zone, the value returned by getTime() might be different. However, the value will remain the same if the client marshalled the Date object back. In other words, it assumes the browser's time zone from enduser's perspective (not really browser's setting) shall be the same as TimeZones.getCurrent().

Since:: 5.0.0

smartUpdateWidgetListener

protected void smartUpdateWidgetListener(java.lang.String evtnm,
                                         java.lang.String script)

A special smart update to update an event listener for the peer widget. By default, it assumes the peer widget has a method called

setListener and it will be invoked as follows.

 wgt.setListener([evtnm, script]);

 Devices that supports it in another way have to override this
 method. Devices that don't support it have to override this method
 to throw UnsupportedOperationException.



Parameters:
evtnm - the event name, such as onClick
script - the script. If null, it means to remove the event
 listener from the peer widget
Since:
  5.0.0





smartUpdateWidgetOverride
protected void smartUpdateWidgetOverride(java.lang.String name,
                                         java.lang.String script)

A special smart update to update a method or a field of the peer widget.
 By default, it invokes the client widget's setOverride as follows.

 wgt.setOverride([name: script]);

 Devices that supports it in another way have to override this
 method. Devices that don't support it have to override this method
 to throw UnsupportedOperationException.





Parameters:
name - the method name, such as setValue
script - the content of the method or field to override.
 Notice that it must be a valid JavaScript snippet.
 If null, the previous method/field override
 will be remove. And, the method/field defined in original widget will
 be restored.
Since:
  5.0.0






detach
public void detach()

Description copied from interface: Component
Detaches this component such that it won't belong to any page.
 If you don't call Component.setParent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component) or Component.setPage(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page) to
 attach it to any page, it will be removed automatically
 (from the client) after the current event is processed.


Specified by:
detach in interface Component








beforeChildAdded
public void beforeChildAdded(Component child,
                             Component insertBefore)

Default: does nothing.


Specified by:
beforeChildAdded in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
child - the child to be added (never null).
insertBefore - another child component that the new child
 will be inserted before it. If null, the new child will be the
 last child.
Since:
  3.6.2
See Also:
ComponentCtrl.beforeChildAdded(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)





beforeChildRemoved
public void beforeChildRemoved(Component child)

Default: does nothing.


Specified by:
beforeChildRemoved in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
child - the child to be removed (never null)
Since:
  3.6.2
See Also:
ComponentCtrl.beforeChildRemoved(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)





beforeParentChanged
public void beforeParentChanged(Component parent)

Default: does nothing.


Specified by:
beforeParentChanged in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
parent - the new parent. If null, it means detachment.
Since:
  3.6.2
See Also:
ComponentCtrl.beforeParentChanged(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)





onChildAdded
public void onChildAdded(Component child)

Default: does nothing.


Specified by:
onChildAdded in interface ComponentCtrl


See Also:
ComponentCtrl.onChildAdded(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)





onChildRemoved
public void onChildRemoved(Component child)

Default: does nothing.


Specified by:
onChildRemoved in interface ComponentCtrl


See Also:
ComponentCtrl.onChildRemoved(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)





onPageAttached
public void onPageAttached(Page newpage,
                           Page oldpage)

Default: handles special event listeners.


Specified by:
onPageAttached in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
newpage - the new page (never null).
oldpage - the previous page, if any, or null if it didn't
 belong to any page.
Since:
  3.0.0
See Also:
ComponentCtrl.onPageAttached(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page, org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)





onPageDetached
public void onPageDetached(Page page)

Default: handles special event listeners.


Specified by:
onPageDetached in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
page - the previous page (never null)
Since:
  3.0.0
See Also:
ComponentCtrl.onPageDetached(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)





getWidgetClass
public java.lang.String getWidgetClass()

Returns the widget class (aka., widget type), or null if not defined.
 Default: return the widget class based on the current mold
 (by use of ComponentDefinition.getWidgetClass(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, java.lang.String)), or null
 if not found.
 
To override in Java, you could invoke setWidgetClass(java.lang.String).
 To override in ZUML, you could use the client namespace as follows.
 

<window xmlns:w="http://www.zkoss.org/2005/zk/client"
w:use="foo.MyWindow">
</window>



Specified by:
getWidgetClass in interface Component


Since:
  5.0.0
See Also:
Component.setWidgetClass(java.lang.String)





setWidgetClass
public void setWidgetClass(java.lang.String wgtcls)

Description copied from interface: Component
Sets the widget class (aka., the widget type).
 The widget class is a JavaScript class, including the package name.
 For example, "zul.wnd.Window".


Specified by:
setWidgetClass in interface Component


Parameters:
wgtcls - the widget's class name at the client side.
 If null (or empty), the default one is used (see Component.getWidgetClass()).





getMold
public java.lang.String getMold()

Description copied from interface: Component
Returns the mold used to render this component.
 Default: "default"
 
Since 5.0, the default can be overridden by specify a library property.
 For example, if the component's class name is org.zkoss.zul.Button,
 then you can override the default mold by specifying the property
 called "org.zkoss.zul.Button.mold" with the mold you want
 in zk.xml. For example,
<library-property>
  <name>org.zkoss.zul.Button.mold</name>
  <value>trendy</value>
</library-property>
 Notice that it doesn't affect the deriving classes. If you want
 to change the deriving class's default mold, you have to specify
 them explicitly, too.


Specified by:
getMold in interface Component


See Also:
ComponentDefinition





setMold
public void setMold(java.lang.String mold)

Description copied from interface: Component
Sets the mold to render this component.


Specified by:
setMold in interface Component


Parameters:
mold - the mold. If null or empty, "default" is assumed.
See Also:
ComponentDefinition





disableClientUpdate
public boolean disableClientUpdate(boolean disable)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Sets whether to disable the update of the client widgets of
 this component and its descendants.
 By default, if a component is attached to a page, modications that
 change the visual representation will be sent to the client to
 ensure the consistency.
 
Though rarely needed, you can disable the synchronization of
 the visual representation, if you prefer to update the client batchly
or the modification is caused by the client.
 
Notice:
 

 Once disabled, it not only affects the synchronization of
 this component but also all its descendants.
 The disable remains until the end of this execution
 (or the invocation of this method with false). In other words,
 it is enabled automatically in the next execution.
 The updates, if any, before calling this method will still be sent
 to the client.
 It does nothing, if there is no current execution.
 

 Also notice that, with Component.invalidate(),
 it is easy to synchronize the content of a component
 (and its descendants) to the client.


Specified by:
disableClientUpdate in interface ComponentCtrl



Returns:
whether it has been disabled before this invocation, i.e.,
 the previous disable status





redraw
public void redraw(java.io.Writer out)
            throws java.io.IOException

Redraws this component and all its descendants.
 Default: It uses JsContentRenderer to render all information
 in JavaScript codes. For devices that don't support JavaScript,
 it must override this method.
 
To generate all information, it first invokes
 renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer) to render component's
 properties,
 and  then redrawChildren(java.io.Writer) to redraw children (and descendants)
 (by calling their redraw(java.io.Writer)).

 
If a derived class wants to render more properties, it can override
 renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer).
 
If a derived class renders only a subset of its children
 (such as paging/cropping), it could override redrawChildren(java.io.Writer).
 
If a deriving class wants to do something before
 renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer), it has to override redraw(java.io.Writer).
 
If a deriving class doesn't want to render in JavaScript codes,
 it has to override redraw(java.io.Writer) with the proper implementation
 of ContentRenderer.


Specified by:
redraw in interface ComponentCtrl



Throws:
java.io.IOException





redrawChildren
protected void redrawChildren(java.io.Writer out)
                       throws java.io.IOException

Redraws childrens (and then recursively descandants).
 Default: it invokes redraw(java.io.Writer) for all its children.
 
If a derived class renders only a subset of its children
 (such as paging/cropping), it could override redrawChildren(java.io.Writer).






Throws:
java.io.IOException
Since:
  5.0.0
See Also:
redraw(java.io.Writer)





renderProperties
protected void renderProperties(ContentRenderer renderer)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Called by (ComponentCtrl.redraw(java.io.Writer)) to render the
 properties, excluding the enclosing tag and children.

 Default: it renders getId() if it was assigned,
 and event names if listened (and listed in getClientEvents()).

 
Note: it doesn't render getWidgetClass(), getUuid()
 and getMold(), which are caller's job.






Throws:
java.io.IOException
Since:
  5.0.0






renderIdSpace
protected void renderIdSpace(ContentRenderer renderer)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.8, no longer used.






Throws:
java.io.IOException





render
protected void render(ContentRenderer renderer,
                      java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String value)
               throws java.io.IOException

An utility to be called by renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer) to
 render a string-value property.
 It ignores if value is null or empty.
 If you want to render it even if null/empty, invoke
 ContentRenderer.render(String, String) directly.






Throws:
java.io.IOException
Since:
  5.0.0






render
protected void render(ContentRenderer renderer,
                      java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.Object value)
               throws java.io.IOException

An utility to be called by renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer) to
 render a string-value property.
 It ignores if value is null.
 If you want to render it even if null, invoke
 ContentRenderer.render(String, Object) directly.






Throws:
java.io.IOException
Since:
  5.0.0






render
protected void render(ContentRenderer renderer,
                      java.lang.String name,
                      boolean value)
               throws java.io.IOException

An utility to be called by renderProperties(org.zkoss.zk.ui.sys.ContentRenderer) to
 render a boolean-value property if it is true.
 If you want to render it no matter true or false, use
 ContentRenderer.render(String, boolean) directly.






Throws:
java.io.IOException
Since:
  5.0.0






getClientEvents
public java.util.Map getClientEvents()

Returns a map of event information that the client might send to this component.
 The key of the returned map is a String instance representing the event name,
 and the value an integer representing the flags
 (a combination of ComponentCtrl.CE_IMPORTANT, ComponentCtrl.CE_NON_DEFERRABLE, ComponentCtrl.CE_BUSY_IGNORE,
 ComponentCtrl.CE_DUPLICATE_IGNORE and ComponentCtrl.CE_REPEAT_IGNORE).
 Default: return the collection of events
 added by getClientEvents().

 
Rather than overriding this method, it is suggested
 to invoke addClientEvent(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, int) in the static statement.
 For example,
 
public MyComponent extend HtmlBasedComponent {
  static {
    addClientEvent(MyComponent.class, "onOpen", 0);
  }


Specified by:
getClientEvents in interface ComponentCtrl


Since:
  5.0.0






addClientEvent
protected static void addClientEvent(java.lang.Class cls,
                                     java.lang.String evtnm,
                                     int flags)

Adds an event that the client might send to the server.
 addClientEvent(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, int) is usally called in the static clause
 when the class is loaded. For example,
 public class MyWidget extends HtmlBasedComponent {
  static {
    addClientEvent(MyWidget.class, "onFly", 0);
  }
...

 For a programming language not easy to have the static
 clause (such as Scala), addClientEvent(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, int) can be called in
 the constructors. Notice that it is better not to add the client event
 later than the contructor, since the derived classes will copy
 the client events defined in the base class, when the first time
 addClientEvent(java.lang.Class, java.lang.String, int) is called with the class.

 
Version History
 Since 5.0.4, it can be called in contructors
 (in additions to the static clause). On othe thand, it can only
 be called in the static clause (executed when the class is loaded)
 in the prior version.





Parameters:
cls - the component's class (implementation class).
flags - a combination of ComponentCtrl.CE_IMPORTANT, ComponentCtrl.CE_NON_DEFERRABLE
 ComponentCtrl.CE_BUSY_IGNORE, ComponentCtrl.CE_DUPLICATE_IGNORE
 and ComponentCtrl.CE_REPEAT_IGNORE.
Since:
  5.0.0






addEventListener
public boolean addEventListener(java.lang.String evtnm,
                                EventListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Component
Adds an event listener to specified event name for this component.
 The second registration is ignored and false is returned.

 You could register listener to all components in the same page
 by use of Page.addEventListener(java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener).


Specified by:
addEventListener in interface Component


Parameters:
evtnm - what event to listen (never null)
Returns:
whether the listener is added; false if it was added before
See Also:
Page.addEventListener(java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener)





removeEventListener
public boolean removeEventListener(java.lang.String evtnm,
                                   EventListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Component
Removes an event listener.


Specified by:
removeEventListener in interface Component



Returns:
whether the listener is removed; false if it was never added.





addForward
public boolean addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent,
                          Component target,
                          java.lang.String targetEvent)

Description copied from interface: Component
Adds a forward condition to forward the event received
 by this component to another component.

 Default: no forward condition at all.

 
Once the condition is added, a event called targetEvent
 is posted to the target component,
 when this component receives the orginalEvent event.


Specified by:
addForward in interface Component


Parameters:
orgEvent - the original event that was received
 by this component. If null, "onClick" is assumed.
target - the target component to receive the event.
 If null, the space owner Component.getSpaceOwner() is assumed.
 If null and the space owner is the page, the root component is assumed.
targetEvent - the target event that the target component
 will receive.
 If null, it is the same as the original event.
Returns:
whether it is added successfully.
 It returns false if the condition was always added before.
See Also:
Component.removeForward(String, Component, String), 
Component.addForward(String, Component, String, Object)





addForward
public boolean addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent,
                          java.lang.String targetPath,
                          java.lang.String targetEvent)

Description copied from interface: Component
Adds a forward condition to forward the event received
 by this component to another component, specified with a path.

 Note: the target component is retrieved from the path, each time
 the event is received. Thus, you can reference to a component
 that is created later.


Specified by:
addForward in interface Component


Parameters:
orgEvent - the original event that was received
 by this component. If null, "onClick" is assumed.
targetPath - the target component's path related to this component.
 If ".", this component is assumed.
 If null, the space owner is assumed.
 If null and the space owner is the page, the root component is assumed.
targetEvent - the target event that the target component
 will receive.
 If null, it is the same as the original event.
Returns:
whether it is added successfully.
 It returns false if the condition was always added before.
See Also:
Component.addForward(String, Component, String), 
Component.removeForward(String, String, String)





addForward
public boolean addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent,
                          Component target,
                          java.lang.String targetEvent,
                          java.lang.Object eventData)

Description copied from interface: Component
Adds a forward condition to forward the event received
 by this component to another component with extra event data.


Specified by:
addForward in interface Component


eventData - the extra data that can be retrieve by
 Event.getData().
See Also:
Component.addForward(String, Component, String)





addForward
public boolean addForward(java.lang.String orgEvent,
                          java.lang.String targetPath,
                          java.lang.String targetEvent,
                          java.lang.Object eventData)

Description copied from interface: Component
Adds a forward condition to forward the event received
 by this component to another component of the specified path
 with extra event data.


Specified by:
addForward in interface Component


eventData - the extra data that can be retrieve by
 Event.getData().
See Also:
Component.addForward(String, String, String)





removeForward
public boolean removeForward(java.lang.String orgEvent,
                             Component target,
                             java.lang.String targetEvent)

Description copied from interface: Component
Removes a forward condition that was added by
 Component.addForward(String, Component, String).
 If no such forward condition exists, nothing happens but return false.


Specified by:
removeForward in interface Component


Parameters:
orgEvent - the original event that was received
 by this component.
 It must be the same as the one passed to Component.addForward(String, Component, String).
target - the target component to receive the event.
 It must be the same as the one passed to Component.addForward(String, Component, String).
targetEvent - the target event that the target component will receive.
 It must be the same as the one passed to Component.addForward(String, Component, String).
Returns:
whether the forward is removed successfully.
 It returns false if the forward condition is not found
See Also:
Component.addForward(String, Component, String)





removeForward
public boolean removeForward(java.lang.String orgEvent,
                             java.lang.String targetPath,
                             java.lang.String targetEvent)

Description copied from interface: Component
Removes a forward condition that was added by
 Component.addForward(String, String, String).
 If no such forward condition exists, nothing happens but return false.


Specified by:
removeForward in interface Component


Parameters:
orgEvent - the original event that was received
 by this component.
 It must be the same as the one passed to Component.addForward(String, Component, String).
targetPath - the target component's path related to this component.
 If ".", this component is assumed.
 If null, the space owner is assumed.
 If null and the space owner is the page, the root component is assumed.
targetEvent - the target event that the target component will receive.
 It must be the same as the one passed to Component.addForward(String, Component, String).
Returns:
whether the forward is removed successfully.
 It returns false if the forward condition is not found
See Also:
Component.addForward(String, String, String)





getNamespace
public Namespace getNamespace()

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.0, use getAttribute(java.lang.String, int),
 setAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object, int) instead.


Specified by:
getNamespace in interface Component








isListenerAvailable
public boolean isListenerAvailable(java.lang.String evtnm,
                                   boolean asap)

Description copied from interface: Component
Returns whether the event listener is available.

 Unlike Events.isListened(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, java.lang.String, boolean),
 this method checks only the event listener registered by
 Component.addEventListener(java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener).


Specified by:
isListenerAvailable in interface Component


asap - whether to check only non-deferrable listener,
 i.e., not implementing Deferrable,
 or Deferrable.isDeferrable() is false.
See Also:
Deferrable, 
Events.isListened(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component, java.lang.String, boolean), 
Component.addEventListener(java.lang.String, org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.EventListener)





getListenerIterator
public java.util.Iterator getListenerIterator(java.lang.String evtnm)

Description copied from interface: Component
Returns an iterator for iterating listener for the specified event.

 Since 3.6.3, the listener can be removed directly by invoking
 Iterator.remove().
 
Since 5.0.6, the iterator is an instance returned by
 CollectionsX.comodifiableIterator(java.util.Collection), so it
 is OK to add or remove listeners among the invocation of next().


Specified by:
getListenerIterator in interface Component








applyProperties
public void applyProperties()

Description copied from interface: Component
Initializes the properties (aka. members) 
 based on what are defined in the component definition.

 This method is invoked automatically if a component is created
 by evaluating a ZUML page, i.e., if it is specified as an element
 of a ZUML page.

 
On the other hand, if it is created manually (by program),
 developer might choose to invoke this method or not,
 depending whether he wants to
 initializes the component with the properties
 defined in the ZUML page (PageDefinition)
 and the language definition (LanguageDefinition).

 
Notice that, since 5.0.7, custom-attributes are applied automatically
 in the constructor of AbstractComponent, so they are always
 available no mather this method is called or not.


Specified by:
applyProperties in interface Component








getDefinition
public ComponentDefinition getDefinition()

Description copied from interface: Component
Returns the component definition of this component (never null).


Specified by:
getDefinition in interface Component








setDefinition
public void setDefinition(ComponentDefinition compdef)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Sets the component definition.

 The component definition affects how a component behaves.
 Developers rarely need to call this method. If a wrong definition
 is assigned,
 the result is unpredictable (and hard to debug). It is mainly designed
 for developing tools.


Specified by:
setDefinition in interface ComponentCtrl








setDefinition
public void setDefinition(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Sets the component definition by specifing the name.


Specified by:
setDefinition in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
name - the name of the component definition





getEventHandler
public ZScript getEventHandler(java.lang.String evtnm)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns the event listener of the specified name, or null
 if not found.


Specified by:
getEventHandler in interface ComponentCtrl


See Also:
Component.getWidgetListener(java.lang.String)





addSharedEventHandlerMap
public void addSharedEventHandlerMap(EventHandlerMap evthds)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Adds a map of event handlers which is shared by other components.
 In other words, this component shall have all event handlers
 defined in the specified map, evthds. Meanwhile, this component
 shall not modify evthds, since it is shared.
 The caller shall not change annots after the invocation, too


Specified by:
addSharedEventHandlerMap in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
evthds - a map of event handler
See Also:
Component.setWidgetListener(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)





getEventHandlerNames
public java.util.Set getEventHandlerNames()

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns a readonly collection of event names (String), or
 an empty collection if no event name is registered.


Specified by:
getEventHandlerNames in interface ComponentCtrl


See Also:
Component.getWidgetListenerNames()





addEventHandler
public void addEventHandler(java.lang.String name,
                            EventHandler evthd)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Adds an event handler.
 Note: it is OK to add multiple event handlers to the same event.
 They are evaluated one-by-one.
 On the other hand, Component.setWidgetListener(java.lang.String, java.lang.String) will
 overwrite the pevious listener if the event name is the same.


Specified by:
addEventHandler in interface ComponentCtrl


See Also:
Component.setWidgetListener(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)





getAnnotation
public Annotation getAnnotation(java.lang.String annotName)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns the annotation associated with the component,
 or null if not available.


Specified by:
getAnnotation in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
annotName - the annotation name





getAnnotation
public Annotation getAnnotation(java.lang.String propName,
                                java.lang.String annotName)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns the annotation associated with the definition of the specified
 property, or null if not available.

 Notice that the property is not limited the 'real' property.
 For example, the following statement is correct though
 button doesn't have setFoo method.
 And, you can retrieve it by use of this method (getAnnotation("foo", "default"))

 
<button foo="@{value=123}"/>

 Furthermore, you can declare it as custom-attribute
          (since ZK 5.0).
 For example, the following is equivalent to the above.

 
<button>
  <custom-attribute foo="@{value=123}">
</button>


Specified by:
getAnnotation in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
propName - the property name, e.g., "value".
annotName - the annotation name





getAnnotations
public java.util.Collection getAnnotations()

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns a read-only collection of all annotations associated with this
 component (never null).


Specified by:
getAnnotations in interface ComponentCtrl








getAnnotations
public java.util.Collection getAnnotations(java.lang.String propName)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns a read-only collection of all annotations associated with the
 specified property (never null).


Specified by:
getAnnotations in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
propName - the property name, e.g., "value".





getAnnotatedPropertiesBy
public java.util.List getAnnotatedPropertiesBy(java.lang.String annotName)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns a read-only list of the names (String) of the properties
 that are associated with the specified annotation (never null).


Specified by:
getAnnotatedPropertiesBy in interface ComponentCtrl








getAnnotatedProperties
public java.util.List getAnnotatedProperties()

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Returns a read-only list of the name (String) of properties that
 are associated at least one annotation (never null).


Specified by:
getAnnotatedProperties in interface ComponentCtrl








addSharedAnnotationMap
public void addSharedAnnotationMap(AnnotationMap annots)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Add a map of annotations which is shared by other components.
 In other words, this component shall have all annotations
 defined in the specified map, annots. Meanwhile, this component
 shall not modify annots, since it is shared.
 The caller shall not change annots after the invocation, too


Specified by:
addSharedAnnotationMap in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
annots - a annotation map.





addAnnotation
public void addAnnotation(java.lang.String annotName,
                          java.util.Map annotAttrs)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Associates an annotation to this component.

 Unlike Java, you can add annotations dynamically, and each component
 has its own annotations.


Specified by:
addAnnotation in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
annotName - the annotation name (never null, nor empty).
annotAttrs - a map of attributes, or null if no attribute.
 The attribute must be in a pair of strings (String name, String value).





addAnnotation
public void addAnnotation(java.lang.String propName,
                          java.lang.String annotName,
                          java.util.Map annotAttrs)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Adds an annotation to the specified proeprty of this component.


Specified by:
addAnnotation in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
propName - the property name (never nul, nor empty).
annotName - the annotation name (never null, nor empty).
annotAttrs - a map of attributes, or null if no attribute at all.
 The attribute must be in a pair of strings (String name, String value).





sessionWillPassivate
public void sessionWillPassivate(Page page)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Notification that the session, which owns this component,
 is about to be passivated (aka., serialized).

 Note: only root components are notified by this method.


Specified by:
sessionWillPassivate in interface ComponentCtrl








sessionDidActivate
public void sessionDidActivate(Page page)

Description copied from interface: ComponentCtrl
Notification that the session, which owns this component,
 has just been activated (aka., deserialized).

 Note: only root components are notified by this method.


Specified by:
sessionDidActivate in interface ComponentCtrl








willPassivate
protected void willPassivate(java.util.Collection c)

Utility to invoke ComponentActivationListener.willPassivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for each object in the collection.





Parameters:
c - a collection of objects. Ignored if null.
Since:
  3.6.4






willPassivate
protected void willPassivate(java.lang.Object o)

Utility to invoke ComponentActivationListener.willPassivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for the specified object.





Parameters:
o - the object to invoke. Ignore if 
 ComponentActivationListener not implemented or null.
Since:
  3.6.4






didActivate
protected void didActivate(java.util.Collection c)

Utility to invoke ComponentActivationListener.didActivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for each object in the collection.





Parameters:
c - a collection of objects. Ignored if null.
Since:
  3.6.4






didActivate
protected void didActivate(java.lang.Object o)

Utility to invoke ComponentActivationListener.didActivate(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for the specified object.





Parameters:
o - the object to invoke. Ignore if 
 ComponentActivationListener not implemented or null.
Since:
  3.6.4






getExtraCtrl
public java.lang.Object getExtraCtrl()

Returns the extra controls that tell ZK how to handle this component
 specially.
 It is used only by component developers.

 Default: null.


Specified by:
getExtraCtrl in interface ComponentCtrl



Returns:
null if no special handling required. If the component
 requires some special controls, it could return an object that
 implements one or several interfaces in the org.zkoss.zk.ui.ext.render
 package.
 For example, Cropper.
See Also:
ComponentCtrl.getExtraCtrl()





newExtraCtrl
protected java.lang.Object newExtraCtrl()

Deprecated. As of release 5.0.4, override getExtraCtrl() instead.

Used by getExtraCtrl() to create extra controls.
 It is used only by component developers.

 Default: return null.

 
To provide extra controls, it is simpler to override this method
 instead of getExtraCtrl().
 By use of newExtraCtrl(), you don't need to care of
 cloning and serialization.











onWrongValue
public WrongValueException onWrongValue(WrongValueException ex)

Notifies that an WrongValueException instance is thrown,
 and WrongValueException.getComponent() is this component.
 It is a callback and the component can store the error message,
 show up the custom information, or even 'eat' the exception.

 Default: does nothing but returns ex.


Specified by:
onWrongValue in interface ComponentCtrl


Parameters:
ex - the exception being thrown (never null)
Returns:
the exception to throw, or null to ignore the exception
 In most cases, just return ex
Since:
  2.4.0






getAuService
public AuService getAuService()

Description copied from interface: Component
Returns an AU service to process the AU request before the component's
 default handling.
 Default: null


Specified by:
getAuService in interface Component








setAuService
public void setAuService(AuService ausvc)

Description copied from interface: Component
Sets an AU service to process the AU request before the component's
 default handling.
 This method is used if you want to send some custom request
 from client (by your application).
 Default: null.
 
If you want to provide an AU service for the AU requests
 targeting the desktop. Use Desktop.addListener(java.lang.Object).
 
See also How to process AU requests with JSON.


Specified by:
setAuService in interface Component








service
public void service(AuRequest request,
                    boolean everError)

Handles an AU request. It is invoked internally.

 Default: it handles echo and setAttr, and it convests other request
 to an event (by Event.getEvent(org.zkoss.zk.au.AuRequest)) and then posts the event
 (by Events.postEvent(org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.Event)).

 
Application developer can plug the custom service to handle
 the AU request by setAuService(org.zkoss.zk.au.AuService).


Specified by:
service in interface ComponentCtrl


everError - whether any error ever occured before
 processing this request.
Since:
  5.0.0
See Also:
setAuService(org.zkoss.zk.au.AuService)





updateByClient
protected void updateByClient(java.lang.String name,
                              java.lang.Object value)

Called when the widget running at the client asks the server
 to update a value. The update is caused by an AU request named setAttr
 (by invoking zk.Widget's smartUpdate at client).

 By default, it does nothing but log a warning message, since
 it is not safe to allow the client to update a field arbitary.
 
However, if you'd like to allow the update for a particular component
 you could do one of the following
 

 For component developers: override this method to update the field
 directly. For example,

protected void updateByClient(String name, Object value) {
        if ("disabled".equals(name))
                setDisabled(name, ((Boolean)value).booleanValue());
        else
                super.updateByClient(name, value);
 For application developers: set an attribute called
 org.zkoss.zk.ui.updateByClient to be true.
 Then, this method will use reflection to find out the setter to update
 the value. Nothing happens if the method is not found.

 Notice: this method will invoke disableClientUpdate(boolean) to
 disable any update to the client, when calling the setter.

 
If you wanto enable the client update for all instances of a given
 component (though not recommended for the security reason), you could
 refer to here.

 
See also zk.Widget.smartUpdate().





Since:
  5.0.0






toString
public java.lang.String toString()


Overrides:
toString in class java.lang.Object








equals
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object o)


Overrides:
equals in class java.lang.Object








clone
public java.lang.Object clone()

Description copied from interface: Component
Clones the component.
 All of its children and descendants are cloned.
 Also, ID are preserved.


Specified by:
clone in interface Component
Overrides:
clone in class java.lang.Object



Returns:
the new component. Notice that it doesn't belong to any page, nor
 desktop. It doesn't have a parent, either.





willSerialize
protected void willSerialize(java.util.Collection c)

Utility to invoke ComponentSerializationListener.willSerialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for each object in the collection.





Parameters:
c - a collection of objects. Ignored if null.
Since:
  3.6.4






willSerialize
protected void willSerialize(java.lang.Object o)

Utility to invoke ComponentSerializationListener.willSerialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for the specified object.





Parameters:
o - the object to invoke. Ignore if 
 ComponentSerializationListener not implemented or null.
Since:
  3.6.4






didDeserialize
protected void didDeserialize(java.util.Collection c)

Utility to invoke ComponentSerializationListener.didDeserialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for each object in the collection.





Parameters:
c - a collection of objects. Ignored if null.
Since:
  3.6.4






didDeserialize
protected void didDeserialize(java.lang.Object o)

Utility to invoke ComponentSerializationListener.didDeserialize(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Component)
 for the specified object.





Parameters:
o - the object to invoke. Ignore if 
 ComponentSerializationListener not implemented or null.
Since:
  3.6.4






getDefaultMold
protected java.lang.String getDefaultMold(java.lang.Class klass)

Returns the default mold for the given class.
 Default: check the library property called xxx.mold, where xxx is
 the name of the give class. If not found or empty, "default" is assumed.
 
Subclass might override this method to use the default mold of the base
 class, such as
 

protected String getDefaultMold(Class klass) {
   return super.getDefaultMold(Button.class);
}





Since:
  5.0.3















  
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Class AbstractComponent