Table data type

Value range of the Table data type

In FirstSpirit it is possible to enter data in tabular form. Such data is usually stored structured in XML markup language. This is necessary as (in addition to the rows and cells) several contents must contain special markups, highlighting and information for specific parts.

In order to be able to output or further process the contents stored in this way, these input components return an object of the data type Table .

Definition using the standard input components

Different input components can be defined in the form area of a page or section template. These form elements can then be used to insert the actual editorial contents into the page. The Standard input components supported by FirstSpirit return different data types.

The following standard input components return an object of data type Table :

• CMS_INPUT_DOMTABLE

Then, with the help of a $CMS_VALUE(...)$ instruction, methods can then be applied to this object:

$CMS_VALUE(IDENTIFIER.METHOD)$

Under IDENTIFIER, the resultname parameter, defined in the input component, must be specified.

Methods on Table objects

The table below lists all methods which can be invoked on objects of data type Table.

addColumn(int)

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addRow(int)

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deleteColumn(int)

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deleteRow(int)

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diff(Element)

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equals(Object)

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getCell(int, int)

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getClass

The .getClass() (in Bean syntax: .class) method returns the class of the invoking object (cf. java.lang.Class).

Invocation:

$CMS_VALUE(myString.class)$
$CMS_VALUE(myString.getClass())$

Output:

java.lang.String

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getColumns

The .getColumns() (in Bean syntax: .columns) method returns the number of columns in a table.

The returned object is an integer (see java.lang.Integer).

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getDom

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getRows

The .getRows() (in Bean syntax: .rows) method returns the number of rows in a table.

The returned object is an integer (see java.lang.Integer).

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isCase(Object)

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isEmpty

The .isEmpty() (in Bean syntax: .isEmpty) method checks whether an expression or object is empty, e.g. storeElement.isEmpty(). The result of the semantic check depends on the expression or object, e.g. a character string is empty if it does not contain any characters. In the case of objects with complex values or objects, the object decides when it is empty. The data type DomElement for example always contains an empty document, thus it is never null. For this reason, checking an empty DOM editor input component by using the method .isNull() returns the value false, whereas checking the component with .isEmpty() would return the value true.

The method .isEmpty() returns a Boolean value as the check result. true is the check result if the expression or object is empty and false if not.

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isNull

The .isNull() (in Bean syntax: .isNull) method checks whether an expression or object is null , e.g. storeElement.isNull(). In the case of objects with complex values or objects, the object decides when it is null. The data type DomElement for example always contains an empty document, thus it is never null. For this reason, checking an empty DOM editor input component by using the method .isNull() returns the value false, whereas checking the component with .isEmpty() would return the value true.

The method .isNull() returns a Boolean value as the check result. true is the check result if the expression or object is null and false if not.

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print

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replace(Table)

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set(String, Object)

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toJSON

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toString

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type

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