Trying to test adding a custom PasswordField to the hippo-addon-eforms-demo project - Enterprise forms documentation

[weba...@moen.com]

I'm trying to follow the steps provided within the "Enterprise Forms" and "Custom Form Fields" and when viewing the page through the site via the http://localhost:8080/site url, I'm getting the following errors in the tomcat log file.

I downloaded the hippo enteprice demo package and unzipped it. I figured I start my testing of enterprise in this package rather than my companies own (we're just starting implementing the Hippo CMS).

I'm able to see the new field as a choice and add it to a form, just not able to view it on the website side.

INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 19.04.2016 09:47:41 WARN [com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.model.FormFieldFactory.createFormField():84] Unable to instantiate field class null, falling back to default

[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 19.04.2016 09:47:41 ERROR [com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.model.Form.fromBean():585] Failed to create field for bean: Password, missing field(s) mappings?

[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 19.04.2016 09:47:41 WARN [org.hippoecm.hst.core.container.HstComponentInvokerImpl.invokeBeforeRender():158] Component exception caught on window content with component com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.components.FormStoringEformComponent: java.lang.NullPointerException at com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.model.Form.registerField(Form.java:603)

[INFO] [talledLocalContainer] 19.04.2016 09:47:41 WARN [org.hippoecm.hst.core.container.AbstractBaseOrderableValve.handleComponentExceptions():299] Component exception(s) found in page request, 'Request{ method='GET', scheme='http', host='localhost:8080', requestURI='/site/theresaformsitemap', queryString='null'}'.

I created the following java, html and properties files :

1. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordField.java                under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory
2. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordFieldModel.java      under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory
3. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordFieldPanel.java ( + PasswrodFieldPanel.html)    under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory
4. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordFieldPropertiesPanel.java ( + PasswordFieldPropertiesPanel.html + .properties)  under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory
5. mycustomoverrides.PasswordField.java   under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/site/src/main/java directory
6. mycustomoverrides.PasswordFieldBean.java  under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/site/src/main/java directory

I'm able to within the CMS add a new field of type Password to a form.

I also created under hst:hst/hst:configurations

1.  hst:components/theresaformcomponent/theresaformcomponent
1. hst:componentclassname = com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.components.FormStoringEformComponent
2. hst:parameternames =
1. behaviors,
2. eforms-mailsession,
3. eforms-from-name,
4. eforms-from-email,
5. eforms-to-name,
6. eforms-to-email,
7. eforms-use-freemarker,
8. password
3. hst:parametervalues =
1. com.onehippo.cms7.eformst.hst......
2. mail/Session
3. Webmaster
4. webm...@example.org
5. Sales Representative
6. sa...@example.org
7. true
8. mycustomoverrides.PasswordField
4. hst:resourcetemplate = eforms.validation.default
2. hst:pages/theresaformpage
1. main/content    referenceomponent = hst:components/theresaformcomponent
2. main/content    hst:template = passwordfield.default
3. hst::sitemap/theresaformsitemap
1. componentconfigurationid =  hst:pages/theresaformpage
2. relativecontentpath = forms/theresa-form
4. hst:sitemenus/theresaformsitemenu  
1. pointing to theresaformsitemap
5. hst:templates/passwrodfield.default
1. which is a copy of the eforms.default pointing to an identical .ftl files

[Ivana Pranjic]

Hello,

I am getting the same error, I was following this guide to add a custom field to the form: https://www.onehippo.org/library/enterprise/enterprise-features/enterprise-forms/custom-form-fields.html

The field is there and I can add it to the form, but when I try to view it in the site, I get the exception mentioned. Could someone take a look and tell us what's wrong with the example? Thank you.

[Ivana Pranjic]

Hi,

I ended up overriding the getFieldClass() from AbstractFieldBean and simply returning the correct field class name. Seems like a workaround, would be nice to hear how it should be done from Hippo developers. :)

BR,

Ivana Pranjic

[Jeroen Hoffman]

Hi,

I don't think your solution is so bad.

But you can also work with setting a property 'eforms:fieldclass' in the cnd, or use the static
com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.model.FormFieldFactory#addFieldBeanMapping to add your custom mapping from bean to field.

So there are multiple ways.

We should at least change the documentation, thanks for the feedback!
Jeroen

> 1. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordField.java under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java
> directory
> 2. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordFieldModel.java under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory
> 3. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordFieldPanel.java ( + PasswrodFieldPanel.html) under the
> hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory
> 4. mycustomoverrides.cms.PasswordFieldPropertiesPanel.java ( + PasswordFieldPropertiesPanel.html +

> .properties) under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/cms/src/main/java directory

> 5. mycustomoverrides.PasswordField.java under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/site/src/main/java directory
> 6. mycustomoverrides.PasswordFieldBean.java under the hippo-addon-eforms-demo/site/src/main/java directory

>
> I'm able to within the CMS add a new field of type Password to a form.
>
> I also created under hst:hst/hst:configurations
>

> 1. hst:components/theresaformcomponent/theresaformcomponent
> 1. hst:componentclassname = com.onehippo.cms7.eforms.hst.components.FormStoringEformComponent
> 2. hst:parameternames =
> 1. behaviors,
> 2. eforms-mailsession,
> 3. eforms-from-name,
> 4. eforms-from-email,
> 5. eforms-to-name,
> 6. eforms-to-email,
> 7. eforms-use-freemarker,
> 8. password
> 3. hst:parametervalues =
> 1. com.onehippo.cms7.eformst.hst......
> 2. mail/Session
> 3. Webmaster
> 4. webm...@example.org
> 5. Sales Representative
> 6. sa...@example.org
> 7. true
> 8. mycustomoverrides.PasswordField
> 4. hst:resourcetemplate = eforms.validation.default
> 2. hst:pages/theresaformpage
> 1. main/content referenceomponent = hst:components/theresaformcomponent
> 2. main/content hst:template = passwordfield.default
> 3. hst::sitemap/theresaformsitemap
> 1. componentconfigurationid = hst:pages/theresaformpage
> 2. relativecontentpath = forms/theresa-form
> 4. hst:sitemenus/theresaformsitemenu
> 1. pointing to theresaformsitemap
> 5. hst:templates/passwrodfield.default
> 1. which is a copy of the eforms.default pointing to an identical .ftl files
>
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[Ivana Pranjic]

Hi Jeroen,

Thank you for your answer. I did it in the cnd at first, but it seemed even more "hacky". I like the solution with addFieldBeanMapping better.

Kind regards,

Ivana Pranjic

Am Dienstag, 19. April 2016 16:56:39 UTC+2 schrieb weba...@moen.com: