com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.console
Class ConsoleInputField

java.lang.Object
  com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.field.AbstractFieldView
      com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.console.ConsoleField
          com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.console.ConsoleInputField

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldView

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConsoleRuleField, ConsoleTextField

public abstract class ConsoleInputField
extends ConsoleField

A field which accepts string input.

Author:

Tim Anderson

Constructor Summary

ConsoleInputField(Field field, Console console, Prompt prompt)
Constructs a ConsoleInputField.

Method Summary

boolean	display() Displays the field.
protected ValidationStatus	validate(String value) Validates a value.

Methods inherited from class com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.console.ConsoleField

error, getConsole, getMessage, print, printDescription, printLabel, println

Methods inherited from class com.izforge.izpack.panels.userinput.field.AbstractFieldView

getField, getSummaryKey, getVariable, isDisplayed, isReadonly, setDisplayed, setReadonly, setVariable

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConsoleInputField

public ConsoleInputField(Field field,
                         Console console,
                         Prompt prompt)

Constructs a ConsoleInputField.

Parameters:

field - the field

console - the console

prompt - the prompt

Method Detail

display

public boolean display()

Displays the field.

For fields that update variables, this collects input and validates it.

Specified by:

display in class ConsoleField

Returns:

true if the field was displayed and validated successfully

validate

protected ValidationStatus validate(String value)

Validates a value.

Parameters:

value - the value to validate

Returns:

the validation status