cmu.survey.jsp.tags
Class DropDownQuestion

java.lang.Object
  javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport
      cmu.survey.jsp.tags.TagSupportAndMore
          cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionTagStub
              cmu.survey.jsp.tags.Question
                  cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithVariable
                      cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithChoices
                          cmu.survey.jsp.tags.DropDownQuestion

All Implemented Interfaces:

HasErrorInfo, HasErrorInfoAndSaves, QuestionTag, java.io.Serializable, java.lang.Cloneable, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TryCatchFinally

public class DropDownQuestion
extends QuestionWithChoices

A drop-down selection.

Usage (inside a Survey tag -- see Question for context):

 <survey:checkbox dbField="Checkbox" question="Checkbox"/>
 <%
 String[] dropDown = new String[]{"A", "B", "C", "D"};
 %>
 <survey:dropDownQuestion dbField="RadioButton" type="number" question="Drop down question"
 choices="<%=dropDown%>" helpText="Click on the down arrow and choose your answer."/>
 

And that will look like this:

Drop down question

A B C D

?

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithChoices

saveTheTitle

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithVariable

dbField, FieldTypeIsKey, FieldTypeIsNumeric, FieldTypes, type

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.Question

blankImageLocation, endQuestion, helpText, imageDirectory, question

Fields inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.TagSupportAndMore

dateFormatAmerican, dateTimeFormatAmerican, DAYS_OF_THE_WEEK, debug, MONTHS_OF_THE_YEAR, timeFormatAmerican

Fields inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

pageContext

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.IterationTag

EVAL_BODY_AGAIN

Fields inherited from interface javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag

EVAL_BODY_INCLUDE, EVAL_PAGE, SKIP_BODY, SKIP_PAGE

Constructor Summary

DropDownQuestion()

Method Summary

void	doQuestion() This is where all of the question related printing and work should go -- it gets called from doStartTag or from RandomizeQuestion if there is some matching going on.
boolean	hasVariable() Whether this has a standard "answer" variable, i.e. whether the Question needs to call "getAnswer()" to load and save the answer.
void	makeDropDowns()
void	reinit()

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithChoices

getCachedAnswerPair, getCacheRandomizeAnswerOrder, getChoicesField, getChoicesQuestionID, getChoicesSQLWhere, getQuestionChoicesWithIDField, getRandomizeAnswerOrder, getStartIndexesAtZero, getTupleFromChoices, isChoicesTableStandardFormat, setCachedAnswerPair, setCacheRandomizeAnswerOrder, setChoices, setChoicesField, setChoicesIDField, setChoicesQuestionID, setChoicesSQLWhere, setChoicesTable, setChoicesTableUsingStandardFormat, setRandomizeAnswerOrder, setSaveTheTitle, setStartIndexesAtZero

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionWithVariable

getAnswer, getDbField, getExtraJavaScripts, getExtraJavaScripts, getFieldAndType, getFieldAndType, getTimeSpentInOnClickOrPressed, getTimeSpentInOnClickOrPressed, getType, isTypeKey, isTypeNumeric, isTypeNumeric, isValidType, printTimeSpentField, saveQuestionInfo, setDbField, setDefaultValue, setType

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.Question

clone, doEndOfQuestion, doEndOfQuestionNoPrinting, doMiddleOfQuestion, doStartOfQuestion, doStartOfQuestion, getAutoSubmitWhenFinishedWithThisQuestion, getBackgroundColorHTMLText, getDatabaseQuery, getEndQuestion, getExtraErrorInfo, getHelpText, getID, getOtherQuestionInfoToSave, getQuestion, getSupplementalErrorInfo, print, print, printTimeSpentField, setAutoSubmitWhenFinishedWithThisQuestion, setBackgroundColor, setEndQuestion, setHelpText, setID, setNumberOfColumns, setOtherQuestionInfoToSave, setQuestion, setSupplementalErrorInfo

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.QuestionTagStub

doStartTag, getErrorInfo, getSurvey, initSurvey, saveErrorInfo

Methods inherited from class cmu.survey.jsp.tags.TagSupportAndMore

breakDownToArray, convertDayNameToNum, convertDayNumToName, convertDayNumToName, convertMonthNumToName, doCatch, doEndTag, doFinally, formatDateTimeViewable, formatDateTimeViewable, formatDateViewable, formatTimeNoSecondsViewable, formatTimeNoSecondsViewable, formatTimeNoSecondsViewable, getNumDaysInWeek, parseTimeNoSecondsFromViewable, println

Methods inherited from class javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

doAfterBody, findAncestorWithClass, getId, getParent, getValue, getValues, release, removeValue, setId, setPageContext, setParent, setValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface cmu.survey.jsp.tags.HasErrorInfoAndSaves

saveErrorInfo

Methods inherited from interface cmu.survey.jsp.tags.HasErrorInfo

getErrorInfo

Constructor Detail

DropDownQuestion

public DropDownQuestion()

Method Detail

makeDropDowns

public void makeDropDowns()

hasVariable

public boolean hasVariable()

Description copied from class: QuestionWithVariable

Whether this has a standard "answer" variable, i.e. whether the Question needs to call "getAnswer()" to load and save the answer. For example, headers do not have variables, short answers do. More complicated, AbstractQuestions should return false, despite having some variables -- they don't have any standard variables.

Specified by:

hasVariable in class QuestionWithVariable

Returns:

doQuestion

public void doQuestion()

Description copied from class: Question

This is where all of the question related printing and work should go -- it gets called from doStartTag or from RandomizeQuestion if there is some matching going on.

Specified by:

doQuestion in interface QuestionTag

Overrides:

doQuestion in class Question

reinit

public void reinit()

Overrides:

reinit in class QuestionWithChoices