AbstractFormType (Flowable - Engine 6.8.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.flowable.engine.form.AbstractFormType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, FormType

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanFormType, DateFormType, DoubleFormType, EnumFormType, LongFormType, StringFormType
```
public abstract class AbstractFormType
extends Object
implements FormType
```
Custom form types should extend this abstract class.

Author:

Tom Baeyens, Joram Barrez

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractFormType()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract Object`	`convertFormValueToModelValue(String propertyValue)`
`abstract String`	`convertModelValueToFormValue(Object modelValue)`
`Object`	`getInformation(String key)`	Retrieve type specific extra information like the list of values for enum types or the format for date types.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface org.flowable.engine.form.FormType
getName

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractFormType
```
public AbstractFormType()
```
- Method Detail
  - convertFormValueToModelValue
```
public abstract Object convertFormValueToModelValue(String propertyValue)
```
  - convertModelValueToFormValue
```
public abstract String convertModelValueToFormValue(Object modelValue)
```
  - getInformation
```
public Object getInformation(String key)
```
    Description copied from interface: FormType
    
    Retrieve type specific extra information like the list of values for enum types or the format for date types. Look in the userguide for which extra information keys each type provides and what return type they give.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getInformation in interface FormType