com.jivesoftware.community
Interface MultiOptionDocumentField

All Superinterfaces:

DocumentField, DocumentTypeElement, JiveObject

public interface MultiOptionDocumentField
extends DocumentField

An extension of the document field interface to support multi optioned field types such as radio and selection lists.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.jivesoftware.community.DocumentTypeElement

DocumentTypeElement.Type

Method Summary

DocumentFieldOption	addOption(String option) Adds an option to this document field.
void	deleteOption(DocumentFieldOption option) Deletes an option.
DocumentFieldOption	getOption(long optionID) Returns a DocumentFieldOption by its id.
List<DocumentFieldOption>	getOptions() Returns an iterator of DocumentFieldOption objects.
void	setOptionIndex(int index, DocumentFieldOption option) Sets a particular option at the given index.

Methods inherited from interface com.jivesoftware.community.DocumentField

getAttributes, getDefaultValue, getDescription, getDisplayName, getFieldType, getMaxFieldSize, getName, save, setDefaultValue, setDescription, setDisplayName, setFieldType, setMaxFieldSize, setName

Methods inherited from interface com.jivesoftware.community.DocumentTypeElement

getType

Method Detail

getOptions

List<DocumentFieldOption> getOptions()

Returns an iterator of DocumentFieldOption objects.

Returns:

an iterator of DocumentFieldOption objects.

setOptionIndex

void setOptionIndex(int index,
                    DocumentFieldOption option)
                    throws UnauthorizedException

Sets a particular option at the given index. If the option exists it will be moved, if the option does not exist it will be created.

Parameters:

index - the index of the option to change.

option - the new option to set at the specified index.

Throws:

UnauthorizedException - if not an administrator.

IndexOutOfBoundsException - if the index is out of bounds.

addOption

DocumentFieldOption addOption(String option)
                              throws UnauthorizedException

Adds an option to this document field. The newly created option object will be returned. The option object will have a valid id that is greater than zero.

The returned option object can be used for things such as setting this option to be a default option.

Parameters:

option - the option to add.

Returns:

Option object created.

Throws:

UnauthorizedException - if not an administrator.

IllegalArgumentException - If null is passed in.

deleteOption

void deleteOption(DocumentFieldOption option)
                  throws UnauthorizedException

Deletes an option.

Parameters:

option - the option to delete

Throws:

UnauthorizedException - if not an administrator.

IllegalArgumentException - if the option doesn't exist in the document field.

getOption

DocumentFieldOption getOption(long optionID)
                              throws DocumentObjectNotFoundException

Returns a DocumentFieldOption by its id.

Parameters:

optionID - id of the DocumentFieldOption

Returns:

DocumentFieldOption matching the id

Throws:

DocumentObjectNotFoundException - thrown if the option does not exist

IllegalArgumentException - thrown if the option does not belong to this DocumentField