Namespace widget

Procedures for generating and processing metadata form widgets, editing attribute widgets

Method Summary

Listing of public methods:

widget::param_element_create

Method Detail

* indicates required

Public Methods:

widget::param_element_create

Dipatches subprocs to generate the form elements for setting an attribute widget param

Parameters:

`form` *	Name of the form in which to generate the form elements
`param` *	Name of the form widget param for which to generate a form element
`order` *	The order that the param form widget will appear in the form
`param_id` *	The ID of the form widget param
`default` *	The default value of the form widget param
`is_required` *	Flag indicating whether the form widget param is optional or required
`param_source` *	The default source of the value of the form widget param. One of literal, eval, query

Private Methods:

widget::create_options_param
by Michael Pih

Create the options param form widget for adding/editing metadata form widgets

Parameters:

form * The name of the form

order * The order of placement of the form widget within the form

default * The default value of the form widget param value

is_required * A flag indicating whether the form widget param value is mandatory

param_source * The default param source for the form widget param value (literal, query, eval)

widget::create_param_source
by Michael Pih

Create default param_source form widget for adding/editing metadata form widgets

Parameters:

form *

order * The order of placement of the form widget within the form

param_source * The default param source of the metadata widget (literal, query, eval)

widget::create_param_type
by Michael Pih

Create default param_type form widget for adding/editing metadata form widgets

Parameters:

form * The name of the form

order * The order of placement of the form widget within the form

widget::create_param_value
by Michael Pih

Create default param_value form widget for adding/editing metadata form widgets

Parameters:

form * The name of the form

order * The order of placement of the form widget within the form

is_required * A flag indicating whether the value of the form widget param is mandatory

widget::create_text_param
by Michael Pih

Create default text param form widget for adding/editing metadata form widgets

Parameters:

form * The name of the form

default * The default value for the form widget param value

is_required * A flag indicating whether the value of the form widget param is mandatory

param_source * The deafult param source for the form widget param value (literal, query, eval)

widget::create_values_param
by Michael Pih

Create the values param form widget for adding/editing metadata widgets

Parameters:

form * The name of the form

order * The order of placement of the form widget within the metadata form

default * The default value of the form widget param value

is_required * A flag indicating whether the form widget param value is mandatory

param_source * The default param_source for the form widget param value (literal, query, eval)

widget::process_param
by Michael Pih

Edits a metadata form widget parameter from the form

Parameters:

db * A database handle

form * The name of the form

order * The order of placement of the param form widgets within the form

content_type * The content type to which the attribute belongs

attribute_name * The name of the attribute

* indicates required