Composite Field

CompositeFieldDefinition renders a complex field that display a composition of fields based on standard field definition.

Class: info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.CompositeFieldDefinition

Here is an example coming from the sample dialog show room module.

Node name	Value
configuredComposite
fields	(individual field definition)
name
class	info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.TextFieldDefinition
label	dialog.devShow.allControls.tabLayout.simpleSwitch.fields.text.label
type	String
level
link
class	info.magnolia.ui.form.field.definition.CompositeFieldDefinition
label	dialog.devShow.allControls.tabLayout.configuredComposite.label

Storing strategy

By default the transformerClass is set to CompositeTransformer.

Assume that your CompositeField is called 'composite' and contains two fields: a text field called 'simpleText' and a date field called 'simpleDate'. The values will be stored as following:

Node name	Value
compositesimpleText	some text value
compositesimpleDate	2006-05-01T21:47:58.230+02:00

Configuration

You can use all common field properties and the following:

Property	Description	Default value
`fields`	Parent node containing the single field that composed the composite field.
`field1`	Parent node of one field composing the composite field.
`class`	Class definition of the field1
`...`	Continue with field1 definition
`...`	Add any number of field definition that should composed the composite field.
`class`	CompositeFieldDefinition class name. Mandatory.
`transformerClass`	Custom `Transformer` definition. Optional.
`layout`	Define the field layout. Layout of the fields could be `vertical` or `horizontal` . Optional.	`horizontal`

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