clsWebMaskEditorBinder

This binder adapts the modern Infragistics Infragistics.Web.UI.EditorControls.WebMaskEditor family to the core SAIF object-binding pipeline as the non-SAIF counterpart to both the classic WebMaskEdit binder and the SAIF-specific modern mask-editor binder. It supports multiple target object data types, moves values through either text, raw-text, or main-value editor channels, and relies on inherited reflection and validation services for the surrounding manager workflow.

Purpose

• Bind a modern Infragistics masked editor to object properties whose stored type can vary across string, integer, decimal, date, or raw object values.
• Let callers choose whether binding should read/write formatted text, raw text, or the control's main value payload.
• Reuse base-class validation handling while specializing masked-value conversion rules.

Context

• Namespace: SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding
• Assembly/package: SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 (embedded/bundled as source, not independently packaged)

Public members

Member	Signature	Purpose
MaskEditTargetType	Property MaskEditTargetType As ObjectDataType	Declares how control-to-object updates convert the masked editor value before assignment.
BindProperty	Property BindProperty As String	Names the bound business-object property.
BindSource	Property BindSource As Object	Supplies the object being edited and validated.
MaskedEditor	Property MaskedEditor As WebMaskEditor	Attaches the modern masked editor control and exposes it through the binder's typed property.
Init()	Overrides Sub Init()	Wires ValueChanged when the binder should react immediately to editor edits.
ObjectToControl()	Overrides Function ObjectToControl() As Boolean	Pushes the source property into the editor Text, Value, or RawText channel according to ControlBindProperty.
New()	Sub New()	Defaults the binder to ControlBindProperty.Text, favoring formatted masked text unless callers override it.

Inherited public members

Member	Signature	Purpose	Origin
ContainsError	ReadOnly Property ContainsError As Boolean	Set by GetErrors()/validation processing; when true, Validate()/RefreshValidation() counts this binder toward the overall invalid result and its control receives error-state CSS via SetControlFormat().	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
IsDualBinding	ReadOnly Property IsDualBinding As Boolean	When true, ObjectToControl()/ControlToObject() read and write the display object/property while GetErrors() checks a separate validation object/property, as configured by AddDualBinder().	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
ControlPadding	Property ControlPadding As PadArgs	When UsePadding is enabled, pads or trims the value written to the control during ObjectToControl(), so fixed-width display formatting is applied without changing the underlying object value.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
ObjectPadding	Property ObjectPadding As PadArgs	When UsePadding is enabled, pads or strips padding from the value written back to the bound property during ControlToObject(), so stored data is not polluted with display-only padding characters.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
UsePadding	Property UsePadding As Boolean	Enables the ControlPadding/ObjectPadding transforms during ObjectToControl()/ControlToObject(); when false, values pass through unpadded regardless of the padding arguments configured.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
UseEvents	Property UseEvents As Boolean	When true, Init() wires the control's native change event so a user edit immediately calls ControlToObject() instead of waiting for an explicit BindToObject()/Validate() call.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
ControlErrors	ReadOnly Property ControlErrors As ArrayList	Holds the error text GetErrors() collects from the bound object's IDataErrorInfo implementation; Validate() aggregates these strings into the consolidated ErrorLabel/SAIFMessage output.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
BindType	Property BindType As BindTypes	Determines which of ObjectToControl()/ControlToObject() actually run during DataBind()/BindToObject(), controlling whether this binder is push-only, pull-only, both, or validation-only.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
FormControl	Overridable Property FormControl As WebControl	Setting this property runs ProcessControl, which applies binder-specific control setup (event wiring readiness, CSS baseline) before the control participates in binding and validation passes.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
FormControlID	Overridable ReadOnly Property FormControlID As String	Supplied to Update() and error-focus logic to locate this binder's control instance on the page without holding a direct control reference.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
Init()	MustOverride Sub Init()	Called once during AddBinder() registration; each concrete binder overrides this to hook the native control event needed for event-driven ControlToObject() and to perform any control-specific setup.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
ObjectToControl()	MustOverride Function ObjectToControl() As Boolean	Invoked by DataBind() for binders configured as ObjectToControl/TwoWay; each concrete binder overrides this to translate the bound property's value into the control-specific display state.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
ControlToObject()	Protected Friend MustOverride Sub ControlToObject()	Invoked by BindToObject() for binders configured as ControlToObject/TwoWay; each concrete binder overrides this to convert the control's current value back into the bound property's type.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
SetControlFormat(inValid As Boolean)	Protected Friend Overridable Sub SetControlFormat(inValid As Boolean)	Called by Validate()/RefreshValidation() after error collection; sets the control's CssClass to the valid/error color per BR-BIND-001, BR-BIND-002, and BR-BIND-003, giving the reader a visual cue of validation state.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
GetErrors()	Protected Friend Overridable Sub GetErrors()	Reads the bound object's IDataErrorInfo.Item(property) during Validate()/RefreshValidation() and appends any non-empty message to ControlErrors, driving both ContainsError and the consolidated error display.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
GetObjectValueAsString(inBizObject, inPropertyName)	Function GetObjectValueAsString(inBizObject As Object, inPropertyName As String) As String	Used by ObjectToControl() to fetch the bound property's current value as display-ready text, applying ObjectPadding/ControlPadding first when UsePadding is enabled.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
GetObjectValue(inBizObject, inPropertyName)	Function GetObjectValue(inBizObject As Object, inPropertyName As String) As Object	Used by ObjectToControl() and type-sensitive binders to fetch the bound property's value in its native CLR type, before any control-specific conversion or formatting.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
SetObjectValueAsString(inBizObject, inPropertyName, inValue)	Protected Function SetObjectValueAsString(inBizObject As Object, inPropertyName As String, inValue As String) As Boolean	Used by ControlToObject() to write a control-derived string back onto the bound property, applying padding/trim rules first when UsePadding is enabled, so the object receives a correctly formatted value.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
SetObjectValue(inBizObject, inPropertyName, inValue)	Protected Function SetObjectValue(inBizObject As Object, inPropertyName As String, inValue As Object) As Boolean	Used by ControlToObject() to write a converted, strongly typed value back onto the bound property, bypassing string formatting for binders that perform their own type conversion.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
ValidationKey	Friend Overridable ReadOnly Property ValidationKey As String	Computed by AddBinder() to key the bound object into m_ValidationObjects per BR-BIND-006, ensuring repeated Validate() passes re-check the correct distinct object.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase
IsSAIFFrameWorkObject	Friend Overridable ReadOnly Property IsSAIFFrameWorkObject(Optional inObj As Object) As Boolean	Detects SAIF framework objects by walking the CLR base-type chain for clsBusinessBase/clsBusinessCollectionBase.	SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103 — clsObjectBinderBase

Behavioral notes

• Decimal writeback strips underscore mask placeholders from MaskedEditor.Text before converting to Decimal.
• String writeback trims the editor text and routes through SetObjectValueAsString, allowing inherited padding logic to participate.
• The typed MaskedEditor getter returns CType(m_Control, WebMaskEditor) rather than the private field, so the binder depends on the inherited control reference staying aligned with the typed property.

Constraints and usage notes

• MaskEditTargetType affects only control-to-object conversion; object-to-control projection is governed separately by ControlBindProperty.
• Date and integer writeback use CDate and CInt, so invalid editor contents surface as conversion failures rather than binder-specific validation messages.
• The private padding fields declared in this class are not used by the public methods shown here, so padding behavior continues to come from inherited PadArgs support rather than binder-local logic.

Sources

• SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103\InfragisticsControls\clsWebMaskEditorBinder.vb
• SAIF.Presentation.Web.Binding.Infragistics103\clsObjectBinderbase.vb