MediaWiki REL1_40
FormlessAction Class Reference

An action which just does something, without showing a form first. More...

Inherits Action.

Inherited by CreditsAction, DeleteAction, EditAction, HistoryAction, InfoAction, ProtectAction, RawAction, RenderAction, SpecialPageAction, and ViewAction.

Collaboration diagram for FormlessAction:

Public Member Functions

 onView ()
 Show something on GET request.
 
 show ()
 
- Public Member Functions inherited from Action
 __construct (Article $article, IContextSource $context)
 Only public since 1.21.
 
 addHelpLink ( $to, $overrideBaseUrl=false)
 Adds help link with an icon via page indicators.
 
 doesWrites ()
 Indicates whether this action may perform database writes.
 
 getArticle ()
 Get a Article object.
 
 getAuthority ()
 Shortcut to get the Authority executing this instance.
 
 getContext ()
 Get the IContextSource in use here.
 
 getLanguage ()
 Shortcut to get the user Language being used for this instance.
 
 getName ()
 Return the name of the action this object responds to.
 
 getOutput ()
 Get the OutputPage being used for this instance.
 
 getRequest ()
 Get the WebRequest being used for this instance.
 
 getRestriction ()
 Get the permission required to perform this action.
 
 getSkin ()
 Shortcut to get the Skin being used for this instance.
 
 getTitle ()
 Shortcut to get the Title object from the page.
 
 getUser ()
 Shortcut to get the User being used for this instance.
 
 getWikiPage ()
 Get a WikiPage object.
 
 msg ( $key,... $params)
 Get a Message object with context set Parameters are the same as wfMessage()
 
 needsReadRights ()
 Indicates whether this action requires read rights.
 
 requiresUnblock ()
 Whether this action can still be executed by a blocked user.
 
 requiresWrite ()
 Whether this action requires the wiki not to be locked.
 
 setHookContainer (HookContainer $hookContainer)
 

Additional Inherited Members

- Static Public Member Functions inherited from Action
static exists (string $name)
 Check if a given action is recognised, even if it's disabled.
 
static factory (string $action, Article $article, IContextSource $context=null)
 Get an appropriate Action subclass for the given action.
 
static getActionName (IContextSource $context)
 Get the action that will be executed, not necessarily the one passed passed through the "action" request parameter.
 
- Protected Member Functions inherited from Action
 checkCanExecute (User $user)
 Checks if the given user (identified by an object) can perform this action.
 
 getDescription ()
 Returns the description that goes below the <h1> element.
 
 getHookContainer ()
 
 getHookRunner ()
 
 getPageTitle ()
 Returns the name that goes in the <h1> page title.
 
 setHeaders ()
 Set output headers for noindexing etc.
 
 useTransactionalTimeLimit ()
 Call wfTransactionalTimeLimit() if this request was POSTed.
 
- Protected Attributes inherited from Action
IContextSource null $context
 IContextSource if specified; otherwise we'll use the Context from the Page.
 
array $fields
 The fields used to create the HTMLForm.
 

Detailed Description

An action which just does something, without showing a form first.

Stability: stable
to extend

Definition at line 30 of file FormlessAction.php.

Member Function Documentation

◆ onView()

FormlessAction::onView ( )
abstract

Show something on GET request.

Returns
string|null Will be added to the HTMLForm if present, or just added to the output if not. Return null to not add anything

Reimplemented in CreditsAction, DeleteAction, EditAction, HistoryAction, InfoAction, ProtectAction, RawAction, RenderAction, SpecialPageAction, and ViewAction.

Referenced by show().

◆ show()

FormlessAction::show ( )
Stability: stable
to override

Reimplemented from Action.

Reimplemented in DeleteAction, EditAction, ProtectAction, RenderAction, SpecialPageAction, SubmitAction, UnprotectAction, and ViewAction.

Definition at line 42 of file FormlessAction.php.

References Action\checkCanExecute(), Action\getOutput(), Action\getUser(), onView(), and Action\setHeaders().


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