NAME

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Time - Text field that accepts only valid times and coerces valid input into HH:MM:SS AM/PM format.

SYNOPSIS

$field =
  Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Time->new(
    label   => 'Time', 
    name    => 'time',
    default => '8am');

print $field->internal_value; # "08:00:00 PM"

$field->input_value('13:00:00 PM');

# "AM/PM only valid with hours less than 12"
$field->validate or warn $field->error;

$field->input_value('blah');

# "Invalid time"
$field->validate or warn $field->error;

$field->input_value('6:30 a.m.');

print $field->internal_value; # "06:30:00 AM"

print $field->html;
...

DESCRIPTION

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Time is a subclass of Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Text that only allows values that are valid times, which it coerces into the form HH:MM:SS AM/PM. It overrides the validate() and inflate_value() methods of its parent class.

This is a good example of a custom field class that constrains the kinds of inputs that it accepts and coerces all valid input and output to a particular format.

SEE ALSO

Other examples of custom fields:

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::Email

A text field that only accepts valid email addresses.

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::DateTime

Uses inflate/deflate to convert input to a DateTime object.

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::PhoneNumber::US::Split

A simple compound field that coalesces multiple subfields into a single value.

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::DateTime::Split::MonthDayYear

A compound field that uses inflate/deflate convert input from multiple subfields into a DateTime object.

Rose::HTML::Form::Field::DateTime::Split::MDYHMS

A compound field that includes other compound fields and uses inflate/deflate convert input from multiple subfields into a DateTime object.

AUTHOR

John C. Siracusa (siracusa@mindspring.com)