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HTML::FormFu - HTML Form Creation, Rendering and Validation Framework
Note: These examples make use of HTML::FormFu::Model::DBIC. As of
HTML::FormFu v02.005, the HTML::FormFu::Model::DBIC module is
not bundled with HTML::FormFu and is available in a stand-alone
distribution.
use HTML::FormFu;
my $form = HTML::FormFu->new;
$form->load_config_file('form.yml');
$form->process( $cgi_query );
if ( $form->submitted_and_valid ) {
# do something with $form->params
}
else {
# display the form
$template->param( form => $form );
}
If you're using Catalyst, a more suitable example might be:
package MyApp::Controller::User;
use strict;
use base 'Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu';
sub user : Chained CaptureArgs(1) {
my ( $self, $c, $id ) = @_;
my $rs = $c->model('Schema')->resultset('User');
$c->stash->{user} = $rs->find( $id );
return;
}
sub edit : Chained('user') Args(0) FormConfig {
my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
my $form = $c->stash->{form};
my $user = $c->stash->{user};
if ( $form->submitted_and_valid ) {
$form->model->update( $user );
$c->res->redirect( $c->uri_for( "/user/$id" ) );
return;
}
$form->model->default_values( $user )
if ! $form->submitted;
}
Note: Because process is automatically called for you by the Catalyst controller; if you make any modifications to the form within your action method, such as adding or changing elements, adding constraints, etc; you must call process again yourself before using submitted_and_valid, any of the methods listed under "SUBMITTED FORM VALUES AND ERRORS" or "MODIFYING A SUBMITTED FORM", or rendering the form.
Here's an example of a config file to create a basic login form (all examples here are YAML, but you can use any format supported by Config::Any), you can also create forms directly in your perl code, rather than using an external config file.
---
action: /login
indicator: submit
auto_fieldset: 1
elements:
- type: Text
name: user
constraints:
- Required
- type: Password
name: pass
constraints:
- Required
- type: Submit
name: submit
constraints:
- SingleValue
HTML::FormFu is a HTML form framework which aims to be as easy as possible to use for basic web forms, but with the power and flexibility to do anything else you might want to do (as long as it involves forms).
You can configure almost any part of formfu's behaviour and output. By default formfu renders "XHTML 1.0 Strict" compliant markup, with as little extra markup as possible, but with sufficient CSS class names to allow for a wide-range of output styles to be generated by changing only the CSS.
All methods listed below (except new) can either be called as a normal
method on your $form object, or as an option in your config file. Examples
will mainly be shown in YAML config syntax.
This documentation follows the convention that method arguments surrounded
by square brackets [] are optional, and all other arguments are
required.
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $form
Create a new HTML::FormFu object.
Any method which can be called on the HTML::FormFu object may instead be passed as an argument to new.
my $form = HTML::FormFu->new({
action => '/search',
method => 'GET',
auto_fieldset => 1,
});
Arguments: $filename
Arguments: \@filenames
Return Value: $form
Accepts a filename or list of file names, whose filetypes should be of any format recognized by Config::Any.
The content of each config file is passed to populate, and so are added to the form.
load_config_file may be called in a config file itself, so as to allow common settings to be kept in a single config file which may be loaded by any form.
---
load_config_file:
- file1
- file2
YAML multiple documents within a single file. The document start marker is a line containing 3 dashes. Multiple documents will be applied in order, just as if multiple filenames had been given.
In the following example, multiple documents are taken advantage of to
load another config file after the elements are added. (If this were
a single document, the load_config_file would be called before
elements, regardless of its position in the file).
---
elements:
- name: one
- name: two
---
load_config_file: ext.yml
Relative paths are resolved from the config_file_path directory if it is set, otherwise from the current working directory.
See BEST PRACTICES for advice on organising config files.
Arguments: \%options
If defined, the arguments are used to create a Data::Visitor::Callback object during load_config_file which may be used to pre-process the config before it is sent to populate.
For example, the code below adds a callback to a form that will dynamically alter any config value ending in ".yml" to end in ".yaml" when you call load_config_file:
$form->config_callback({
plain_value => sub {
my( $visitor, $data ) = @_;
s/\.yml/.yaml/;
}
});
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $form
Each option key/value passed may be any HTML::FormFu method-name and arguments.
Provides a simple way to set multiple values, or add multiple elements to a form with a single method-call.
Attempts to call the method-names in a semi-intelligent order (see
the source of populate() in HTML::FormFu::ObjectUtil for details).
Arguments: \%defaults
Return Value: $form
Set multiple field's default values from a single hash-ref.
The hash-ref's keys correspond to a form field's name, and the value is passed to the field's default method (default in HTML::FormFu::_Field).
This should be called after all fields have been added to the form, and before process is called (otherwise, call process again before rendering the form).
Arguments: $directory_name
config_file_path defines where configuration files will be searched for, if an absolute path is not given to load_config_file.
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: $field_name
Arguments: \&coderef
If indicator is set to a fieldname, submitted will return true if a value for that fieldname was submitted.
If indicator is set to a code-ref, it will be called as a subroutine
with the two arguments $form and $query, and its return value will be
used as the return value for submitted.
If indicator is not set, submitted will return true if a value for any known fieldname was submitted.
Arguments: 1
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $fieldset
This setting is suitable for most basic forms, and means you can generally ignore adding fieldsets yourself.
Calling $form->auto_fieldset(1) immediately adds a fieldset element to
the form. Thereafter, $form->elements() will add all elements (except
fieldsets) to that fieldset, rather than directly to the form.
To be specific, the elements are added to the last fieldset on the form, so if you add another fieldset, any further elements will be added to that fieldset.
Also, you may pass a hashref to auto_fieldset(), and this will be used to set defaults for the first fieldset created.
A few examples and their output, to demonstrate:
2 elements with no fieldset.
---
elements:
- type: Text
name: foo
- type: Text
name: bar
<form action="" method="post">
<div class="text">
<input name="foo" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="text">
<input name="bar" type="text" />
</div>
</form>
2 elements with an auto_fieldset.
---
auto_fieldset: 1
elements:
- type: Text
name: foo
- type: Text
name: bar
<form action="" method="post">
<fieldset>
<div class="text">
<input name="foo" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="text">
<input name="bar" type="text" />
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
The 3rd element is within a new fieldset
---
auto_fieldset: { id: fs }
elements:
- type: Text
name: foo
- type: Text
name: bar
- type: Fieldset
- type: Text
name: baz
<form action="" method="post">
<fieldset id="fs">
<div class="text">
<input name="foo" type="text" />
</div>
<div class="text">
<input name="bar" type="text" />
</div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<div class="text">
<input name="baz" type="text" />
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
Because of this behaviour, if you want nested fieldsets you will have to add each nested fieldset directly to its intended parent.
my $parent = $form->get_element({ type => 'Fieldset' });
$parent->element('fieldset');
Arguments: $string
Normally, input errors cause an error message to be displayed alongside the appropriate form field. If you'd also like a general error message to be displayed at the top of the form, you can set the message with form_error_message.
To change the markup used to display the message, edit the
form_error_message template file.
Arguments: $string
If you don't want your error message to be XML-escaped, use the form_error_message_xml method instead.
Arguments: $localization_key
For ease of use, if you'd like to use the provided localized error message,
set form_error_message_loc to the value form_error_message.
You can, of course, set form_error_message_loc to any key in your I18N file.
If true, forces the form_error_message to be displayed even if there are no field errors.
Arguments: \%defaults
Set defaults which will be added to every element, constraint, etc. of the listed type (or derived from the listed type) which is added to the form.
For example, to make every Text element automatically have a size of
10, and make every Strftime deflator automatically get its strftime
set to %d/%m/%Y:
default_args:
elements:
Text:
size: 10
deflators:
Strftime:
strftime: '%d/%m/%Y'
To take it even further, you can even make all DateTime elements automatically get an appropriate Strftime deflator and a DateTime inflator:
default_args:
elements:
DateTime:
deflators:
type: Strftime
strftime: '%d-%m-%Y'
inflators:
type: DateTime
parser:
strptime: '%d-%m-%Y'
To have defaults only be applied to the specific named type, rather than
searching through derived types, append the type-name with +.
For example, to have the following attributes only be applied to a Block
element, rather than any element that inherits from Block, such as Multi:
default_args:
elements:
+Block:
attributes:
class: block
Note: Unlike the proper methods which have aliases, for example elements
which is an alias for element - the keys given to default_args must
be of the plural form, e.g.:
default_args:
elements: {}
deflators: {}
filters: {}
constraints: {}
inflators: {}
validators: {}
transformers: {}
output_processors: {}
Arguments: [$javascript]
If set, the contents will be rendered within a script tag, inside the top
of the form.
Arguments: [\%private_stash]
Return Value: \%stash
Provides a hash-ref in which you can store any data you might want to associate with the form.
---
stash:
foo: value
bar: value
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $element
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @elements
Adds a new element to the form. See "CORE FORM FIELDS" in HTML::FormFu::Element and "OTHER CORE ELEMENTS" in HTML::FormFu::Element for a list of core elements.
If you want to load an element from a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Element::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
---
elements:
- type: +MyApp::CustomElement
name: foo
If a type is not provided in the \%options, the default Text will
be used.
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $deflator
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @deflators
A deflator may be associated with any form field, and allows you to provide $field->default (default in HTML::FormFu::Element::_Field) with a value which may be an object.
If an object doesn't stringify to a suitable value for display, the deflator can ensure that the form field receives a suitable string value instead.
See "CORE DEFLATORS" in HTML::FormFu::Deflator for a list of core deflators.
If a name attribute isn't provided, a new deflator is created for and
added to every field on the form.
If you want to load a deflator in a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Deflator::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
Arguments: $new_element, $existing_element
Return Value: $new_element
The 1st argument must be the element you want added, the 2nd argument must be the existing element that the new element should be placed before.
my $new = $form->element(\%specs);
my $position = $form->get_element({ type => $type, name => $name });
$form->insert_before( $new, $position );
In the first line of the above example, the $new element is initially
added to the end of the form. However, the insert_before method
reparents the $new element, so it will no longer be on the end of the
form. Because of this, if you try to copy an element from one form to
another, it will 'steal' the element, instead of copying it. In this case,
you must use clone:
my $new = $form1->get_element({ type => $type1, name => $name1 })
->clone;
my $position = $form2->get_element({ type => $type2, name => $name2 });
$form2->insert_before( $new, $position );
Arguments: $new_element, $existing_element
Return Value: $new_element
The 1st argument must be the element you want added, the 2nd argument must be the existing element that the new element should be placed after.
my $new = $form->element(\%specs);
my $position = $form->get_element({ type => $type, name => $name });
$form->insert_after( $new, $position );
In the first line of the above example, the $new element is initially
added to the end of the form. However, the insert_after method
reparents the $new element, so it will no longer be on the end of the
form. Because of this, if you try to copy an element from one form to
another, it will 'steal' the element, instead of copying it. In this case,
you must use clone:
my $new = $form1->get_element({ type => $type1, name => $name1 })
->clone;
my $position = $form2->get_element({ type => $type2, name => $name2 });
$form2->insert_after( $new, $position );
Arguments: $element
Return Value: $element
Removes the $element from the form or block's array of children.
$form->remove_element( $element );
The orphaned element cannot be usefully used for anything until it is re-attached to a form or block with insert_before or insert_after.
HTML::FormFu provides several stages for what is traditionally described as validation. These are:
The first stage, the filters, allow for cleanup of user-input, such as encoding, or removing leading/trailing whitespace, or removing non-digit characters from a creditcard number.
All of the following stages allow for more complex processing, and each of them have a mechanism to allow exceptions to be thrown, to represent input errors. In each stage, all form fields must be processed without error for the next stage to proceed. If there were any errors, the form should be re-displayed to the user, to allow them to input correct values.
Constraints are intended for low-level validation of values, such as "is this an integer?", "is this value within bounds?" or "is this a valid email address?".
Inflators are intended to allow a value to be turned into an appropriate object. The resulting object will be passed to subsequent Validators and Transformers, and will also be returned by params and param.
Validators are intended for higher-level validation, such as business-logic and database constraints such as "is this username unique?". Validators are only run if all Constraints and Inflators have run without errors. It is expected that most Validators will be application-specific, and so each will be implemented as a separate class written by the HTML::FormFu user.
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $filter
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @filters
If you provide a name or names value, the filter will be added to
just that named field.
If you do not provide a name or names value, the filter will be added
to all fields (HTML::FormFu::Element::_Field) already attached to the form.
See "CORE FILTERS" in HTML::FormFu::Filter for a list of core filters.
If you want to load a filter in a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Filter::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $constraint
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @constraints
See "CORE CONSTRAINTS" in HTML::FormFu::Constraint for a list of core constraints.
If a name attribute isn't provided, a new constraint is created for and
added to every field on the form.
If you want to load a constraint in a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Constraint::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
constraint is an alias for constraints.
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $inflator
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @inflators
See "CORE INFLATORS" in HTML::FormFu::Inflator for a list of core inflators.
If a name attribute isn't provided, a new inflator is created for and
added to every field on the form.
If you want to load an inflator in a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Inflator::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $validator
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @validators
See "CORE VALIDATORS" in HTML::FormFu::Validator for a list of core validators.
If a name attribute isn't provided, a new validator is created for and
added to every field on the form.
If you want to load a validator in a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Validator::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
validator is an alias for validators.
Arguments: $type
Arguments: \%options
Return Value: $transformer
Arguments: \@arrayref_of_types_or_options
Return Value: @transformers
See "CORE TRANSFORMERS" in HTML::FormFu::Transformer for a list of core transformers.
If a name attribute isn't provided, a new transformer is created for and
added to every field on the form.
If you want to load a transformer in a namespace other than
HTML::FormFu::Transformer::, you can use a fully qualified package-name by
prefixing it with +.
transformer is an alias for transformers.
The default behaviour when re-displaying a form after a submission, is that the field contains the original unchanged user-submitted value.
If render_processed_value is true, the field value will be the final result after all Filters, Inflators and Transformers have been run. Deflators will also be run on the value.
If you set this on a field with an Inflator, but without an equivalent Deflator, you should ensure that the Inflators stringify back to a usable value, so as not to confuse / annoy the user.
Default Value: false
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Force a constraint to fail, regardless of user input.
If this is called at runtime, after the form has already been processed, you must called process in HTML::FormFu again before redisplaying the form to the user.
Default Value: false
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element, an element or a single constraint. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
If true, causes params, param and valid to ignore any fields
whose name starts with an underscore _.
The field is still processed as normal, and errors will cause submitted_and_valid to return false.
Default Value: false
All attributes are added to the rendered form's start tag.
Arguments: [%attributes]
Arguments: [\%attributes]
Return Value: $form
Accepts either a list of key/value pairs, or a hash-ref.
---
attributes:
id: form
class: fancy_form
As a special case, if no arguments are passed, the attributes hash-ref is returned. This allows the following idioms.
# set a value
$form->attributes->{id} = 'form';
# delete all attributes
%{ $form->attributes } = ();
attrs is an alias for attributes.
Provides the same functionality as attributes, but values won't be XML-escaped.
attrs_xml is an alias for attributes_xml.
Arguments: [%attributes]
Arguments: [\%attributes]
Return Value: $form
Accepts either a list of key/value pairs, or a hash-ref.
$form->add_attributes( $key => $value );
$form->add_attributes( { $key => $value } );
All values are appended to existing values, with a preceding space character. This is primarily to allow the easy addition of new names to the class attribute.
$form->attributes({ class => 'foo' });
$form->add_attributes({ class => 'bar' });
# class is now 'foo bar'
add_attrs is an alias for add_attributes.
Provides the same functionality as add_attributes, but values won't be XML-escaped.
add_attrs_xml is an alias for add_attributes_xml.
Arguments: [%attributes]
Arguments: [\%attributes]
Return Value: $form
Accepts either a list of key/value pairs, or a hash-ref.
$form->del_attributes( $key => $value );
$form->del_attributes( { $key => $value } );
All values are removed from the attribute value.
$form->attributes({ class => 'foo bar' });
$form->del_attributes({ class => 'bar' });
# class is now 'foo'
del_attrs is an alias for del_attributes.
Provides the same functionality as del_attributes, but values won't be XML-escaped.
del_attrs_xml is an alias for del_attributes_xml.
The following methods are shortcuts for accessing attributes keys.
Arguments: [$id]
Return Value: $id
Get or set the form's DOM id.
Default Value: none
Arguments: [$uri]
Return Value: $uri
Get or set the action associated with the form. The default is no action, which causes most browsers to submit to the current URI.
Default Value: ""
Arguments: [$enctype]
Return Value: $enctype
Get or set the encoding type of the form. Valid values are
application/x-www-form-urlencoded and multipart/form-data.
If the form contains a File element, the enctype is automatically set to
multipart/form-data.
Arguments: [$method]
Return Value: $method
Get or set the method used to submit the form. Can be set to either "post" or "get".
Default Value: "post"
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated id attribute, if it doesn't have one already.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %r will be replaced by
$block->repeatable_count.
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated label (label in HTML::FormFu::Element::Field), if it doesn't have one already.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name.
The generated string will be passed to localize to create the label.
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form error will be given an auto-generated class-name.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %t will be replaced by
lc( $field->type ), %s will be replaced
by $error->stage.
Default Value: 'error_%s_%t'
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated message (message in HTML::FormFu::Exception::Input), if it doesn't have one already.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %t will be replaced by
lc( $field->type ), %s will be replaced
by $error->stage.
The generated string will be passed to localize to create the message.
For example, a Required constraint
will return the string form_constraint_required. Under the default
localization behaviour, the appropriate message for
form_constraint_required will be used from the default I18N package.
Default Value: 'form_%s_%t'
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated class-name for each associated constraint.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %t will be replaced by
lc( $field->type ).
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated class-name for each associated inflator.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %t will be replaced by
lc( $field->type ).
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated class-name for each associated validator.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %t will be replaced by
lc( $field->type ).
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$string]
If set, then each form field will be given an auto-generated class-name for each associated validator.
The following character substitution will be performed: %f will be
replaced by $form->id, %n will be replaced by
$field->name, %t will be replaced by
lc( $field->type ).
Default Value: not defined
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [\@languages]
A list of languages which will be passed to the localization object.
Default Value: ['en']
Arguments: [$class_name]
Classname to be used for the default localization object.
Default Value: 'HTML::FormFu::I18N'
Arguments: [$key, @arguments]
Compatible with the maketext method in Locale::Maketext.
Arguments: $locale
Currently only used by HTML::FormFu::Deflator::FormatNumber and HTML::FormFu::Filter::FormatNumber.
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [$query_object]
Arguments: \%params
Provide a CGI compatible query object or a hash-ref of submitted names/values. Alternatively, the query object can be passed directly to the process object.
Arguments: [$query_type]
Set which module is being used to provide the query.
The Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu automatically sets this to
Catalyst.
Valid values are CGI, Catalyst and CGI::Simple.
Default Value: 'CGI'
Arguments: [$query_object]
Arguments: [\%params]
Process the provided query object or input values. process must be called
before calling any of the methods listed under
"SUBMITTED FORM VALUES AND ERRORS" and "MODIFYING A SUBMITTED FORM".
process must also be called at least once before printing the form or
calling render or render_data.
Note to users of Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu: Because process is automatically called for you by the Catalyst controller; if you make any modifications to the form within your action method, such as adding or changing elements, adding constraints, etc; you must call process again yourself before using submitted_and_valid, any of the methods listed under "SUBMITTED FORM VALUES AND ERRORS" or "MODIFYING A SUBMITTED FORM", or rendering the form.
Returns true if the form has been submitted. See indicator for details on how this is computed.
Shorthand for $form->submitted && !$form->has_errors
Return Value: \%params
Returns a hash-ref of all valid input for which there were no errors.
Arguments: $field_name
A more reliable, recommended version of param. Guaranteed to always return a
single value, regardless of whether it's called in list context or not. If
multiple values were submitted, this only returns the first value. If the value
is invalid or the form was not submitted, it returns undef. This makes it
suitable for use in list context, where a single value is required.
$db->update({
name => $form->param_value('name'),
address => $form->param_value('address),
});
Arguments: $field_name
Guaranteed to always return an array-ref of values, regardless of context and regardless of whether multiple values were submitted or not. If the value is invalid or the form was not submitted, it returns an empty array-ref.
Arguments: $field_name
Guaranteed to always return a list of values, regardless of context. If the value is invalid or the form was not submitted, it returns an empty list.
Arguments: [$field_name]
Return Value: $input_value
Return Value: @valid_names
No longer recommended for use, as its behaviour is hard to predict. Use param_value, param_array or param_list instead.
A (readonly) method similar to that of CGI's.
If a field name is given, in list-context returns any valid values submitted for that field, and in scalar-context returns only the first of any valid values submitted for that field.
If no argument is given, returns a list of all valid input field names without errors.
Passing more than 1 argument is a fatal error.
Arguments: [$field_name]
Return Value: @valid_names
Return Value: $bool
If a field name if given, returns true if that field had no errors and
false if there were errors.
If no argument is given, returns a list of all valid input field names without errors.
Arguments: [$field_name]
Return Value: @names
Return Value: $bool
If a field name if given, returns true if that field had errors and
false if there were no errors.
If no argument is given, returns a list of all input field names with errors.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@errors
Returns an array-ref of exception objects from all fields in the form.
Accepts both name, type and stage arguments to narrow the returned
results.
$form->get_errors({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Regex',
stage => 'constraint'
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $error
Accepts the same arguments as get_errors, but only returns the first error found.
See HTML::FormFu::Model for further details and available models.
Arguments: $model_name
Default Value: 'DBIC'
Arguments: [$model_name]
Return Value: $model
Arguments: \%config
Arguments: $name, $value
Return Value: $value
The provided value replaces any current value for the named field. This value will be returned in subsequent calls to params and param and the named field will be included in calculations for valid.
Deletes all errors from a submitted form.
Return Value: $string
You must call process once after building the form, and before calling render.
Return Value: $string
Returns the form start tag, and any output of form_error_message and javascript.
Implicitly uses the tt render_method.
HTML::FormFu provides a plugin-system that allows plugins to be easily
added to a form or element, to change the default behaviour or output.
See HTML::FormFu::Plugin for details.
By default, formfu renders "XHTML 1.0 Strict" compliant markup, with as little extra markup as possible, but with sufficient CSS class names to allow for a wide-range of output styles to be generated by changing only the CSS.
If you wish to customise the markup, you'll need to tell HTML::FormFu to use an external rendering engine, such as Template Toolkit or Template::Alloy. See render_method and tt_module for details.
Even if you set HTML::FormFu to use Template::Toolkit to render,
the forms, HTML::FormFu can still be used in conjunction with whichever other
templating system you prefer to use for your own page layouts, whether it's
HTML::Template: <TMPL_VAR form>,
Petal: <form tal:replace="form"></form>
or Template::Magic: <!-- {form} -->.
Default Value: string
Can be set to tt to generate the form with external template files.
To customise the markup, you'll need a copy of the template files, local to your application. See "Installing the TT templates" in HTML::FormFu::Manual::Cookbook for further details.
You can customise the markup for a single element by setting that element's
render_method to tt, while the rest of the form uses the default
string render-method. Note though, that if you try setting the form or a
Block's render_method to tt, and then set a child element's
render_method to string, that setting will be ignored, and the child
elements will still use the tt render-method.
---
elements:
- name: foo
render_method: tt
filename: custom_field
- name: bar
# in this example, 'foo' will use a custom template,
# while bar will use the default 'string' rendering method
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Change the template filename used for the form.
Default Value: "form"
Arguments: [\%constructor_arguments]
Accepts a hash-ref of arguments passed to render_method, which is called internally by render.
Within tt_args, the keys RELATIVE and RECURSION are overridden to always
be true, as these are a basic requirement for the Template engine.
The system directory containing HTML::FormFu's template files is always
added to the end of INCLUDE_PATH, so that the core template files will be
found. You only need to set this yourself if you have your own copy of the
template files for customisation purposes.
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Arguments: [\%constructor_arguments]
Ensures that the hash-ref argument is merged with any existing hash-ref value of tt_args.
Default Value: Template
The module used when render_method is set to tt. Should provide an
interface compatible with Template.
This method is a special 'inherited accessor', which means it can be set on the form, a block element or a single element. When the value is read, if no value is defined it automatically traverses the element's hierarchy of parents, through any block elements and up to the form, searching for a defined value.
Usually called implicitly by render. Returns the data structure that
would normally be passed onto the string or tt render-methods.
As with render, you must call process once after building the form, and before calling render_data.
Like render_data, but doesn't include the data for any child-elements.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@elements
Returns all fields in the form (specifically, all elements which have a true is_field in HTML::FormFu::Element value).
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_fields({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Radio',
});
Accepts also an Regexp to search for results.
$form->get_elements({
name => qr/oo/,
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $element
Accepts the same arguments as get_fields, but only returns the first field found.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@elements
Returns all top-level elements in the form (not recursive). See get_all_elements for a recursive version.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_elements({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Radio',
});
Accepts also an Regexp to search for results.
$form->get_elements({
name => qr/oo/,
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $element
Accepts the same arguments as get_elements, but only returns the first element found.
See get_all_element for a recursive version.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@elements
Returns all elements in the form recursively.
Optionally accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned
results.
# return all Text elements
$form->get_all_elements({
type => 'Text',
});
Accepts also an Regexp to search for results.
$form->get_elements({
name => qr/oo/,
});
See get_elements for a non-recursive version.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $element
Accepts the same arguments as get_all_elements, but only returns the first element found.
# return the first Text field found, regardless of whether it's
# within a fieldset or not
$form->get_all_element({
type => 'Text',
});
Accepts also an Regexp to search for results.
$form->get_elements({
name => qr/oo/,
});
See get_all_elements for a non-recursive version.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@deflators
Returns all top-level deflators from all fields.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_deflators({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Strftime',
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $element
Accepts the same arguments as get_deflators, but only returns the first deflator found.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@filters
Returns all top-level filters from all fields.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_filters({
name => 'foo',
type => 'LowerCase',
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $filter
Accepts the same arguments as get_filters, but only returns the first filter found.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@constraints
Returns all constraints from all fields.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_constraints({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Equal',
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $constraint
Accepts the same arguments as get_constraints, but only returns the first constraint found.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@inflators
Returns all inflators from all fields.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_inflators({
name => 'foo',
type => 'DateTime',
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $inflator
Accepts the same arguments as get_inflators, but only returns the first inflator found.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@validators
Returns all validators from all fields.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_validators({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Callback',
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $validator
Accepts the same arguments as get_validators, but only returns the first validator found.
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: \@transformers
Returns all transformers from all fields.
Accepts both name and type arguments to narrow the returned results.
$form->get_transformers({
name => 'foo',
type => 'Callback',
});
Arguments: [%options]
Arguments: [\%options]
Return Value: $transformer
Accepts the same arguments as get_transformers, but only returns the first transformer found.
Returns a deep clone of the <$form> object.
Because of scoping issues, code references (such as in Callback constraints) are copied instead of cloned.
We try our best to not make incompatible changes, but if they're required we'll make every effort possible to provide backwards compatibility for several release-cycles, issuing a warnings about the changes, before removing the legacy features.
Has been removed; see default_args instead.
Has been removed; use default_model instead.
Has been removed; use default_values in HTML::FormFu::Model instead.
Has been removed; use update in HTML::FormFu::Model instead.
It is advisable to keep application-wide (or global) settings in a single config file, which should be loaded by each form.
See load_config_file.
HTML::FormFu::Manual::Cookbook
HTML::FormFu::Manual::Unicode
The distribution directory examples/vertically-aligned contains a form with
example CSS for a "vertically aligned" theme.
This can be viewed by opening the file vertically-aligned.html in a
web-browser.
If you wish to experiment with making changes, the form is defined in file
vertically-aligned.yml, and the HTML file can be updated with any changes
by running the following command (while in the distribution root directory).
perl examples/vertically-aligned/vertically-aligned.pl
This uses the Template Toolkit file vertically-aligned.tt,
and the CSS is defined in files vertically-aligned.css and
vertically-aligned-ie.css.
Website:
Project Page:
http://code.google.com/p/html-formfu/
Mailing list:
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IRC:
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The HTML::Widget archives http://lists.scsys.co.uk/pipermail/html-widget/ between January and May 2007 also contain discussion regarding HTML::FormFu.
Please submit bugs / feature requests to http://code.google.com/p/html-formfu/issues/list (preferred) or http://rt.perl.org.
To help patches be applied quickly, please send them to the mailing list;
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(run svn diff > patchfile); mention which svn version it's against.
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This module's sourcecode is maintained in a git repository at git://github.com/fireartist/HTML-FormFu.git
The project page is https://github.com/fireartist/HTML-FormFu
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Brian Cassidy
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Ruben Fonseca
Ronald Kimball
Daisuke Maki
Andreas Marienborg
Mario Minati
Steve Nolte
Moritz Onken
Doug Orleans
Based on the original source code of HTML::Widget, by Sebastian Riedel,
sri@oook.de.
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| HTML-FormFu documentation | Contained in the HTML-FormFu distribution. |
package HTML::FormFu; use Moose; with 'HTML::FormFu::Role::Render', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::CreateChildren', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::GetProcessors', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::ContainsElements', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::ContainsElementsSharedWithField', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::FormAndBlockMethods', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::FormAndElementMethods', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::NestedHashUtils', 'HTML::FormFu::Role::Populate'; use HTML::FormFu::Attribute qw( mk_attrs mk_attr_accessors mk_inherited_accessors mk_output_accessors mk_inherited_merging_accessors ); use HTML::FormFu::Constants qw( $EMPTY_STR ); use HTML::FormFu::Constraint; use HTML::FormFu::Exception; use HTML::FormFu::FakeQuery; use HTML::FormFu::Filter; use HTML::FormFu::Inflator; use HTML::FormFu::Localize; use HTML::FormFu::ObjectUtil qw( populate form load_config_file load_config_filestem clone stash constraints_from_dbic parent ); use HTML::FormFu::Util qw( DEBUG DEBUG_PROCESS DEBUG_CONSTRAINTS debug require_class _get_elements xml_escape split_name _parse_args process_attrs _filter_components ); use Clone (); use List::Util qw( first ); use List::MoreUtils qw( any none uniq ); use Scalar::Util qw( blessed refaddr weaken reftype ); use Carp qw( croak ); use overload ( 'eq' => '_string_equals', '==' => '_object_equals', '""' => sub { return shift->render }, 'bool' => sub {1}, 'fallback' => 1, ); __PACKAGE__->mk_attrs(qw( attributes )); __PACKAGE__->mk_attr_accessors(qw( id action enctype method )); for my $name ( qw( _elements _output_processors _valid_names _plugins _models ) ) { has $name => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { [] }, lazy => 1, isa => 'ArrayRef', ); } has languages => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { ['en'] }, lazy => 1, isa => 'ArrayRef', traits => ['Chained'], ); has input => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { {} }, lazy => 1, isa => 'HashRef', traits => ['Chained'], ); has _processed_params => ( is => 'rw', default => sub { {} }, lazy => 1, isa => 'HashRef', ); has javascript => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has javascript_src => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has submitted => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has indicator => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has filename => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has query_type => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has force_error_message => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has localize_class => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has query => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has tt_module => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has nested_name => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has nested_subscript => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has default_model => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has tmp_upload_dir => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has params_ignore_underscore => ( is => 'rw', traits => ['Chained'] ); has _auto_fieldset => ( is => 'rw' ); __PACKAGE__->mk_output_accessors(qw( form_error_message )); __PACKAGE__->mk_inherited_accessors( qw( auto_id auto_label auto_error_class auto_error_message auto_constraint_class auto_inflator_class auto_validator_class auto_transformer_class render_method render_processed_value force_errors repeatable_count config_file_path locale ) ); __PACKAGE__->mk_inherited_merging_accessors(qw( tt_args config_callback )); *elements = \&element; *constraints = \&constraint; *filters = \&filter; *deflators = \&deflator; *inflators = \&inflator; *validators = \&validator; *transformers = \&transformer; *output_processors = \&output_processor; *loc = \&localize; *plugins = \&plugin; *add_plugins = \&add_plugin; our $VERSION = '0.09003'; $VERSION = eval $VERSION; sub BUILD { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; my %defaults = ( action => '', method => 'post', filename => 'form', render_method => 'string', tt_args => {}, tt_module => 'Template', query_type => 'CGI', default_model => 'DBIC', localize_class => 'HTML::FormFu::I18N', auto_error_class => 'error_%s_%t', auto_error_message => 'form_%s_%t', ); $self->populate( \%defaults ); return; }; sub auto_fieldset { my ( $self, $element_ref ) = @_; # if there's no arg, just return whether there's an auto_fieldset already return $self->_auto_fieldset if !$element_ref; # if the argument isn't a reference, assume it's just a "1" meaning true, # and use an empty hashref if ( !ref $element_ref ) { $element_ref = {}; } $element_ref->{type} = 'Fieldset'; $self->element($element_ref); $self->_auto_fieldset(1); return $self; } sub default_values { my ( $self, $default_ref ) = @_; for my $field ( @{ $self->get_fields } ) { my $name = $field->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if !exists $default_ref->{$name}; $field->default( $default_ref->{$name} ); } return $self; } sub model { my ( $self, $model_name ) = @_; $model_name ||= $self->default_model; # search models already loaded for my $model ( @{ $self->_models } ) { return $model if $model->type =~ /\Q$model_name\E$/; } # class not found, try require-ing it my $class = $model_name =~ s/^\+// ? $model_name : "HTML::FormFu::Model::$model_name"; require_class($class); my $model = $class->new( { type => $model_name, parent => $self, } ); push @{ $self->_models }, $model; return $model; } sub process { my ( $self, $query ) = @_; $self->input( {} ); $self->_processed_params( {} ); $self->_valid_names( [] ); $self->clear_errors; $query ||= $self->query; if ( defined $query && !blessed($query) ) { $query = HTML::FormFu::FakeQuery->new( $self, $query ); } # save it for further calls to process() if ($query) { DEBUG && debug( QUERY => $query ); $self->query($query); } # run all elements pre_process() methods for my $elem ( @{ $self->get_elements } ) { $elem->pre_process; } # run all plugins pre_process() methods for my $plugin ( @{ $self->get_plugins } ) { $plugin->pre_process; } # run all elements process() methods for my $elem ( @{ $self->get_elements } ) { $elem->process; } # run all plugins process() methods for my $plugin ( @{ $self->get_plugins } ) { $plugin->process; } my $submitted; if ( defined $query ) { eval { my @params = $query->param }; croak "Invalid query object: $@" if $@; $submitted = $self->_submitted($query); } DEBUG_PROCESS && debug( SUBMITTED => $submitted ); $self->submitted($submitted); if ($submitted) { my %input; my @params = $query->param; for my $field ( @{ $self->get_fields } ) { my $name = $field->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if none { $name eq $_ } @params; if ( $field->nested ) { # call in list context so we know if there's more than 1 value my @values = $query->param($name); my $value = @values > 1 ? \@values : $values[0]; $self->set_nested_hash_value( \%input, $name, $value ); } else { my @values = $query->param($name); $input{$name} = @values > 1 ? \@values : $values[0]; } } DEBUG && debug( INPUT => \%input ); # run all field process_input methods for my $field ( @{ $self->get_fields } ) { $field->process_input( \%input ); } $self->input( \%input ); $self->_process_input; } # run all plugins post_process methods for my $elem ( @{ $self->get_elements } ) { $elem->post_process; } for my $plugin ( @{ $self->get_plugins } ) { $plugin->post_process; } return; } sub _submitted { my ( $self, $query ) = @_; my $indicator = $self->indicator; my $code; if ( defined($indicator) && ref $indicator ne 'CODE' ) { DEBUG_PROCESS && debug( INDICATOR => $indicator ); $code = sub { return defined $query->param($indicator) }; } elsif ( !defined $indicator ) { my @names = uniq grep {defined} map { $_->nested_name } @{ $self->get_fields }; DEBUG_PROCESS && debug( 'no indicator, checking fields...' => \@names ); $code = sub { grep { defined $query->param($_) } @names; }; } else { $code = $indicator; } return $code->( $self, $query ); } sub _process_input { my ($self) = @_; $self->_build_params; $self->_process_file_uploads; $self->_filter_input; $self->_constrain_input; $self->_inflate_input if !@{ $self->get_errors }; $self->_validate_input if !@{ $self->get_errors }; $self->_transform_input if !@{ $self->get_errors }; $self->_build_valid_names; return; } sub _build_params { my ($self) = @_; my $input = $self->input; my %params; for my $field ( @{ $self->get_fields } ) { my $name = $field->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if exists $params{$name}; next if !$self->nested_hash_key_exists( $self->input, $name ) && !$field->default_empty_value; my $input = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $self->input, $name ); if ( ref $input eq 'ARRAY' ) { # can't clone upload filehandles # so create new arrayref of values $input = [@$input]; } elsif ( !defined $input && $field->default_empty_value ) { $input = ''; } $self->set_nested_hash_value( \%params, $name, $input, $name ); } $self->_processed_params( \%params ); DEBUG_PROCESS && debug( 'PROCESSED PARAMS' => \%params ); return; } sub _process_file_uploads { my ($self) = @_; my @names = uniq grep {defined} map { $_->nested_name } grep { $_->isa('HTML::FormFu::Element::File') } @{ $self->get_fields }; if (@names) { my $query_class = $self->query_type; if ( $query_class !~ /^\+/ ) { $query_class = "HTML::FormFu::QueryType::$query_class"; } require_class($query_class); my $params = $self->_processed_params; my $input = $self->input; for my $name (@names) { next if !$self->nested_hash_key_exists( $input, $name ); my $values = $query_class->parse_uploads( $self, $name ); $self->set_nested_hash_value( $params, $name, $values ); } } return; } sub _filter_input { my ($self) = @_; my $params = $self->_processed_params; for my $filter ( @{ $self->get_filters } ) { my $name = $filter->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if !$self->nested_hash_key_exists( $params, $name ); $filter->process( $self, $params ); } return; } sub _constrain_input { my ($self) = @_; my $params = $self->_processed_params; for my $constraint ( @{ $self->get_constraints } ) { DEBUG_CONSTRAINTS && debug( 'FIELD NAME' => $constraint->field->nested_name, 'CONSTRAINT TYPE' => $constraint->type, ); $constraint->pre_process; my @errors = eval { $constraint->process($params) }; DEBUG_CONSTRAINTS && debug( ERRORS => \@errors ); DEBUG_CONSTRAINTS && debug( '$@' => $@ ); if ( blessed $@ && $@->isa('HTML::FormFu::Exception::Constraint') ) { push @errors, $@; } elsif ($@) { push @errors, HTML::FormFu::Exception::Constraint->new; } for my $error (@errors) { if ( !$error->parent ) { $error->parent( $constraint->parent ); } if ( !$error->constraint ) { $error->constraint($constraint); } $error->parent->add_error($error); } } return; } sub _inflate_input { my ($self) = @_; my $params = $self->_processed_params; for my $inflator ( @{ $self->get_inflators } ) { my $name = $inflator->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if !$self->nested_hash_key_exists( $params, $name ); next if any {defined} @{ $inflator->parent->get_errors }; my $value = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $params, $name ); my @errors; ( $value, @errors ) = eval { $inflator->process($value) }; if ( blessed $@ && $@->isa('HTML::FormFu::Exception::Inflator') ) { push @errors, $@; } elsif ($@) { push @errors, HTML::FormFu::Exception::Inflator->new; } for my $error (@errors) { $error->parent( $inflator->parent ) if !$error->parent; $error->inflator($inflator) if !$error->inflator; $error->parent->add_error($error); } $self->set_nested_hash_value( $params, $name, $value ); } return; } sub _validate_input { my ($self) = @_; my $params = $self->_processed_params; for my $validator ( @{ $self->get_validators } ) { my $name = $validator->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if !$self->nested_hash_key_exists( $params, $name ); next if any {defined} @{ $validator->parent->get_errors }; my @errors = eval { $validator->process($params) }; if ( blessed $@ && $@->isa('HTML::FormFu::Exception::Validator') ) { push @errors, $@; } elsif ($@) { push @errors, HTML::FormFu::Exception::Validator->new; } for my $error (@errors) { $error->parent( $validator->parent ) if !$error->parent; $error->validator($validator) if !$error->validator; $error->parent->add_error($error); } } return; } sub _transform_input { my ($self) = @_; my $params = $self->_processed_params; for my $transformer ( @{ $self->get_transformers } ) { my $name = $transformer->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if !$self->nested_hash_key_exists( $params, $name ); next if any {defined} @{ $transformer->parent->get_errors }; my $value = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $params, $name ); my (@errors) = eval { $transformer->process( $value, $params ) }; if ( blessed $@ && $@->isa('HTML::FormFu::Exception::Transformer') ) { push @errors, $@; } elsif ($@) { push @errors, HTML::FormFu::Exception::Transformer->new; } for my $error (@errors) { $error->parent( $transformer->parent ) if !$error->parent; $error->transformer($transformer) if !$error->transformer; $error->parent->add_error($error); } } return; } sub _build_valid_names { my ($self) = @_; my $params = $self->_processed_params; my $skip_private = $self->params_ignore_underscore; my @errors = $self->has_errors; my @names; my %non_param; for my $field ( @{ $self->get_fields } ) { my $name = $field->nested_name; next if !defined $name; next if $skip_private && $field->name =~ /^_/; if ( $field->non_param ) { $non_param{$name} = 1; } elsif ( $self->nested_hash_key_exists( $params, $name ) ) { push @names, $name; } } push @names, uniq grep { ref $params->{$_} ne 'HASH' } grep { !( $skip_private && /^_/ ) } grep { !exists $non_param{$_} } keys %$params; my %valid; CHECK: for my $name (@names) { for my $error (@errors) { next CHECK if $name eq $error; } $valid{$name}++; } my @valid = keys %valid; $self->_valid_names( \@valid ); return; } sub _hash_keys { my ( $hash, $subscript ) = @_; my @names; for my $key ( keys %$hash ) { if ( ref $hash->{$key} eq 'HASH' ) { push @names, map { $subscript ? "${key}[${_}]" : "$key.$_" } _hash_keys( $hash->{$key}, $subscript ); } elsif ( ref $hash->{$key} eq 'ARRAY' ) { push @names, map { $subscript ? "${key}[${_}]" : "$key.$_" } _array_indices( $hash->{$key}, $subscript ); } else { push @names, $key; } } return @names; } sub _array_indices { my ( $array, $subscript ) = @_; my @names; for my $i ( 0 .. $#{$array} ) { if ( ref $array->[$i] eq 'HASH' ) { push @names, map { $subscript ? "${i}[${_}]" : "$i.$_" } _hash_keys( $array->[$i], $subscript ); } elsif ( ref $array->[$i] eq 'ARRAY' ) { push @names, map { $subscript ? "${i}[${_}]" : "$i.$_" } _array_indices( $array->[$i], $subscript ); } else { push @names, $i; } } return @names; } sub submitted_and_valid { my ($self) = @_; return $self->submitted && !$self->has_errors; } sub params { my ($self) = @_; return {} if !$self->submitted; my @names = $self->valid; my %params; for my $name (@names) { my @values = $self->param($name); if ( @values > 1 ) { $self->set_nested_hash_value( \%params, $name, \@values ); } else { $self->set_nested_hash_value( \%params, $name, $values[0] ); } } return \%params; } sub param { my ( $self, $name ) = @_; croak 'param method is readonly' if @_ > 2; return if !$self->submitted; if ( @_ == 2 ) { return if !$self->valid($name); my $value = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $self->_processed_params, $name ); return if !defined $value; if ( ref $value eq 'ARRAY' ) { return wantarray ? @$value : $value->[0]; } else { return $value; } } # return a list of valid names, if no $name arg return $self->valid; } sub param_value { my ( $self, $name ) = @_; croak 'name parameter required' if @_ != 2; # ignore $form->valid($name) and $form->submitted # this is guaranteed to always return a single value # or undef my $value = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $self->_processed_params, $name ); return ref $value eq 'ARRAY' ? $value->[0] : $value; } sub param_array { my ( $self, $name ) = @_; croak 'name parameter required' if @_ != 2; # guaranteed to always return an arrayref return [] if !$self->valid($name); my $value = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $self->_processed_params, $name ); return [] if !defined $value; return ref $value eq 'ARRAY' ? $value : [$value]; } sub param_list { my ( $self, $name ) = @_; croak 'name parameter required' if @_ != 2; # guaranteed to always return an arrayref return if !$self->valid($name); my $value = $self->get_nested_hash_value( $self->_processed_params, $name ); return if !defined $value; return ref $value eq 'ARRAY' ? @$value : $value; } sub valid { my $self = shift; return if !$self->submitted; my @valid = @{ $self->_valid_names }; if (@_) { my $name = shift; return 1 if any { $name eq $_ } @valid; # not found - see if it's the name of a nested block my $parent; if ( defined $self->nested_name && $self->nested_name eq $name ) { $parent = $self; } else { ($parent) = first { $_->isa('HTML::FormFu::Element::Block') } @{ $self->get_all_elements( { nested_name => $name, } ) }; } if ( defined $parent ) { my $fail = any {defined} map { @{ $_->get_errors } } @{ $parent->get_fields }; return 1 if !$fail; } return; } # return a list of valid names, if no $name arg return @valid; } sub has_errors { my $self = shift; return if !$self->submitted; my @names = map { $_->nested_name } grep { @{ $_->get_errors } } grep { defined $_->nested_name } @{ $self->get_fields }; if (@_) { my $name = shift; return 1 if any {/\Q$name/} @names; return; } # return list of names with errors, if no $name arg return @names; } sub add_valid { my ( $self, $key, $value ) = @_; croak 'add_valid requires arguments ($key, $value)' if @_ != 3; $self->set_nested_hash_value( $self->input, $key, $value ); $self->set_nested_hash_value( $self->_processed_params, $key, $value ); if ( none { $_ eq $key } @{ $self->_valid_names } ) { push @{ $self->_valid_names }, $key; } return $value; } sub _single_plugin { my ( $self, $arg_ref ) = @_; if ( !ref $arg_ref ) { $arg_ref = { type => $arg_ref }; } elsif ( ref $arg_ref eq 'HASH' ) { # shallow clone $arg_ref = {%$arg_ref}; } else { croak 'invalid args'; } my $type = delete $arg_ref->{type}; my @return; my @names = map { ref $_ ? @$_ : $_ } grep {defined} ( delete $arg_ref->{name}, delete $arg_ref->{names} ); if (@names) { # add plugins to appropriate fields for my $x (@names) { for my $field ( @{ $self->get_fields( { nested_name => $x } ) } ) { my $new = $field->_require_plugin( $type, $arg_ref ); push @{ $field->_plugins }, $new; push @return, $new; } } } else { # add plugin directly to form my $new = $self->_require_plugin( $type, $arg_ref ); push @{ $self->_plugins }, $new; push @return, $new; } return @return; } around render => sub { my $orig = shift; my $self = shift; my $plugins = $self->get_plugins; for my $plugin (@$plugins) { $plugin->render; } my $output = $self->$orig; for my $plugin (@$plugins) { $plugin->post_render( \$output ); } return $output; }; sub render_data { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; my $render = $self->render_data_non_recursive( { elements => [ map { $_->render_data } @{ $self->_elements } ], $args ? %$args : (), } ); return $render; } sub render_data_non_recursive { my ( $self, $args ) = @_; my %render = ( filename => $self->filename, javascript => $self->javascript, javascript_src => $self->javascript_src, attributes => xml_escape( $self->attributes ), stash => $self->stash, $args ? %$args : (), ); $render{form} = \%render; weaken( $render{form} ); $render{object} = $self; if ($self->force_error_message || ( $self->has_errors && defined $self->form_error_message ) ) { $render{form_error_message} = xml_escape( $self->form_error_message ); } return \%render; } sub string { my ( $self, $args_ref ) = @_; $args_ref ||= {}; # start_form template my $render_ref = exists $args_ref->{render_data} ? $args_ref->{render_data} : $self->render_data_non_recursive; my $html = sprintf "<form%s>", process_attrs( $render_ref->{attributes} ); if ( defined $render_ref->{form_error_message} ) { $html .= sprintf qq{\n<div class="form_error_message">%s</div>}, $render_ref->{form_error_message}, ; } if ( defined $render_ref->{javascript_src} ) { my $uri = $render_ref->{javascript_src}; my @uris = ref $uri eq 'ARRAY' ? @$uri : ($uri); for my $uri (@uris) { $html .= sprintf qq{\n<script type="text/javascript" src="%s">\n</script>}, $uri, ; } } if ( defined $render_ref->{javascript} ) { $html .= sprintf qq{\n<script type="text/javascript">\n%s\n</script>}, $render_ref->{javascript}, ; } # form template $html .= "\n"; for my $element ( @{ $self->get_elements } ) { # call render, so that child elements can use a different renderer my $element_html = $element->render; # skip Blank fields if ( length $element_html ) { $html .= $element_html . "\n"; } } # end_form template $html .= "</form>\n"; return $html; } sub start { my ($self) = @_; return $self->tt( { filename => 'start_form', render_data => $self->render_data_non_recursive, } ); } sub end { my ($self) = @_; return $self->tt( { filename => 'end_form', render_data => $self->render_data_non_recursive, } ); } sub hidden_fields { my ($self) = @_; return join $EMPTY_STR, map { $_->render } @{ $self->get_fields( { type => 'Hidden' } ) }; } sub output_processor { my ( $self, $arg ) = @_; my @return; if ( ref $arg eq 'ARRAY' ) { push @return, map { $self->_single_output_processor($_) } @$arg; } else { push @return, $self->_single_output_processor($arg); } return @return == 1 ? $return[0] : @return; } sub _single_output_processor { my ( $self, $arg ) = @_; if ( !ref $arg ) { $arg = { type => $arg }; } elsif ( ref $arg eq 'HASH' ) { $arg = Clone::clone($arg); } else { croak 'invalid args'; } my $type = delete $arg->{type}; my $new = $self->_require_output_processor( $type, $arg ); push @{ $self->_output_processors }, $new; return $new; } sub _require_output_processor { my ( $self, $type, $opt ) = @_; croak 'required arguments: $self, $type, \%options' if @_ != 3; croak "options argument must be hash-ref" if reftype( $opt ) ne 'HASH'; my $class = $type; if ( not $class =~ s/^\+// ) { $class = "HTML::FormFu::OutputProcessor::$class"; } $type =~ s/^\+//; require_class($class); my $object = $class->new( { type => $type, parent => $self, } ); # handle default_args my $parent = $self->parent; if ( $parent && exists $parent->default_args->{output_processor}{$type} ) { %$opt = ( %{ $parent->default_args->{output_processer}{$type} }, %$opt ); } $object->populate($opt); return $object; } sub get_output_processors { my $self = shift; my %args = _parse_args(@_); my @x = @{ $self->_output_processors }; if ( exists $args{type} ) { @x = grep { $_->type eq $args{type} } @x; } return \@x; } sub get_output_processor { my $self = shift; my $x = $self->get_output_processors(@_); return @$x ? $x->[0] : (); } __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable; 1; __END__