I want to access the javascript window.opener via gwt.jsinterop. So i defined my interface like this:
#JsType(isNative=true, namespace=JsPackage.GLOBAL, name="window")
public class Window {
#JsProperty
public static native Window getOpener();
}
But this does not work. It seems i have to define:
#JsType(isNative=true, namespace=JsPackage.GLOBAL)
public class Window {
#JsProperty
public native Window getOpener();
}
But how can i access the basic instance "window" of "Window"? (See different case)
Thanks
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This is how the window is constructed:
namespace App {
public class Window : Gtk.ApplicationWindow {
private Granite.ModeSwitch stick_switch;
public Window (Gtk.Application app) {
Object (
application: app,
icon_name: Constants.APP_ICON,
resizable: false
);
// There is more code below this
I want to access this window in another class. How do I do it??
When I initialize it within the constructor of another class using this: var main_window = new App.Window ();, an error is displayed saying that it is missing arguments.
What and how do I need to provide the argument?
You have to pass an Gtk.Application to the construcor:
var main_window = new App.Window(new Gtk.Application("foo.your.app.name", Gtk.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE);
"foo.your.app.name" is the application ID.
Gtk.ApplicationFlags.FLAGS_NONE are some flags to specify the behavior of the application link, e.g. whether this application is a service or a launcher,....
I'm currently working on a simple GWT project. One of the things I'd like to do is that when the page loads I can dynamically populate the contents of a ListBox based on certain criteria. I actually don't see any handlers for a ListBox to handle the initial render event but I see change handlers.
How does one populate a ListBox contents with data from the server side on pageload with GWT?
Right now I have a class that implements EntryPoint that has a
final ListBox fooList = new ListBox();
I also have a set of beans but I also have a class implementing RemoteService. Since I can't seem to get direct calls to my user defined packages directly in the EntryPoint (which makes sense) how do I populate that ListBox with server side content on initial page load? Right now I'm using a List but I figure if I cant get that to work I can get a DB call to work...
I've tried things in the EntryPoint like:
for (String name : FOOS) {
fooList.addItem(name, name);
}
However FOOS would derive from a server side data and the EntryPoint is supposed to be largerly limited to what can compile to JS! I can't get user defined classes to be recognized on that side as that string is the result of a set of user defined classes.
I also tried creating a method in the class implementing RemoteService that returns a ListBox. This also didn't compile when I tried to call this method. Perhaps I don't fully understand how to call methods in a RemoteService service implementing class.
I've searched a lot and I can't find anything that clearly explains the fundamentals on this. My background is much more ASP.NET and JSPs so perhaps I'm missing something.
I'm using GWT 2.6 is that is relevant.
The usual procedure is the following:
Create a bean class for the data you want to transmit between client and server. Let's call it MyBean.
Place MyBean in the shared package of your project.
This class has to implement either Serializable or IsSerializable, otherwise GWT will complain that it doesn't know how to transmit it.
Create your RemoteService that contains the method you want to use to transmit MyBean from/to the server.
Once you get your data on the client using an AsyncCallback and your RemoteService, fill the ListBox using your beans, e.g. by calling MyBean#getName() or MyBean#toString().
Success!
I based my example on the GWT sample project ( I named it example), just replace the classes and it should work :
public class Example implements EntryPoint {
/**
* Create a remote service proxy to talk to the server-side Greeting
* service.
*/
private final GreetingServiceAsync greetingService = GWT
.create(GreetingService.class);
/**
* This is the entry point method.
*/
public void onModuleLoad() {
final ListBox listBox = new ListBox();
RootPanel.get("sendButtonContainer").add(listBox);
greetingService.getSomeEntries(new AsyncCallback<String[]>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(String[] result) {
for (int i = 0; i < result.length; i++) {
listBox.addItem(result[i]);
}
}
#Override
public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
}
});
}
}
This is our EntryPoint, it creates a listbox and calls the server with a AsyncCallback to get some dynamic data. If the call is successfull (onSuccess), the data is written into the listbox.
The GreetingService interface define the synchronous methods, it is implemented in the GreetingServiceImpl class :
#RemoteServiceRelativePath("greet")
public interface GreetingService extends RemoteService {
String[] getSomeEntries() ;
}
The asynchronous counterpart is the GreetingServiceAsync interface, we used it before to call the server :
public interface GreetingServiceAsync {
void getSomeEntries(AsyncCallback<String[]> callback) ;
}
The GreetingServiceImpl class is located on the server. Here you could call for example a database:
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class GreetingServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements
GreetingService {
#Override
public String[] getSomeEntries() {
String[] entries = { "Entry 1","Entry 2","Entry 3" };
return entries;
}
}
Now if you want to use some Bean/Pojo between the server and client, replace the String[] in each class/interface with the object name, put the class in the shared package and consider that it implements Serializable/IsSerializable.
I have a pojo in my class containing some methods to manipulate Maps and Arrays in java. This object is used in RPC calls to carry my configurations. I have a mechanism in which before making any RPC call I execute a javascript function. Now what I really want is to pass my configuration object to this javascript function and this javascript function can manipulate this configuration object and finally this manipulated object will be passed in my RPC call.
So how can I pass my java object to javascript and allow manipulating it?
First, you cannot manipulate Java objects from javascript directly. But what you can do, is to export a set of static methods to javascript and use them to manipulate your objects. This is done in this way:
public void onModuleLoad() {
exportHelloMethod(this);
}
public String exportedMethod(String name) {
// Manipulate your java classes here
// return something to JS
}
// Create a reference in the browser to the static java method
private native void exportHelloMethod(HelloClass instance) /*-{
$wnd.hello = instance#[...]HelloClass::exportedMethod(Ljava/lang/String;);
}-*/;
Fortunately there is a library which allows exporting java methods and classes in a simpler way. It is gwt-exporter, and you have just to implement Exportable in your class and use a set of annotations so as the exporter generator does all the work.
#ExportPackage("jsc")
#Export
public class MyClass implements Exportable {
public void show(String s){
}
}
public void onModuleLoad() {
ExporterUtil.exportAll();
}
Then in javascript you can instanciate and manipulate the class:
var myclass = new jsc.MyClass();
myclass.show('whatever');
Is there a way to get the proxy that editor is editing?
The normal workflow would be:
public class Class implments Editor<Proxy>{
#Path("")
#UiField AntoherClass subeditor;
void someMethod(){
Proxy proxy = request.create(Proxy.class);
driver.save(proxy);
driver.edit(proxy,request);
}
}
Now if i got a subeditor of the same proxy
public class AntoherClass implements Editor<Proxy>{
someMethod(){
// method to get the editing proxy ?
}
}
Yes i know i can just set the proxy to the Child editor with setProxy() after its creation, but i want to know if there is something like HasRequestContext but for the edited proxy.
This usefull when you use for example ListEditor in non UI objects.
Thank you.
Two ways you can get a reference to the object that a given editor is working on. First, some simple data and a simple editor:
public class MyModel {
//sub properties...
}
public class MyModelEditor implements Editor<MyModel> {
// subproperty editors...
}
First: Instead of implementing Editor, we can pick another interface that also extends Editor, but allows sub-editors (LeafValueEditor does not allow sub-editors). Lets try ValueAwareEditor:
public class MyModelEditor2 implements ValueAwareEditor<MyModel> {
// subproperty editors...
// ValueAwareEditor methods:
public void setValue(MyModel value) {
// This will be called automatically with the current value when
// driver.edit is called.
}
public void flush() {
// If you were going to make any changes, do them here, this is called
// when the driver flushes.
}
public void onPropertyChange(String... paths) {
// Probably not needed in your case, but allows for some notification
// when subproperties are changed - mostly used by RequestFactory so far.
}
public void setDelegate(EditorDelegate<MyModel> delegate) {
// grants access to the delegate, so the property change events can
// be requested, among other things. Probably not needed either.
}
}
This requires that you implement the various methods as in the example above, but the main one you are interested in will be setValue. You do not need to invoke these yourself, they will be called by the driver and its delegates. The flush method is also good to use if you plan to make changes to the object - making those changes before flush will mean that you are modifying the object outside of the expected driver lifecycle - not the end of the world, but might surprise you later.
Second: Use a SimpleEditor sub-editor:
public class MyModelEditor2 implements ValueAwareEditor<MyModel> {
// subproperty editors...
// one extra sub-property:
#Path("")//bound to the MyModel itself
SimpleEditor self = SimpleEditor.of();
//...
}
Using this, you can call self.getValue() to read out what the current value is.
Edit: Looking at the AnotherEditor you've implemented, it looks like you are starting to make something like the GWT class SimpleEditor, though you might want other sub-editors as well:
Now if i got a subeditor of the same proxy
public class AntoherClass implements Editor<Proxy>{
someMethod(){
// method to get the editing proxy ?
}
}
This sub-editor could implement ValueAwareEditor<Proxy> instead of Editor<Proxy>, and be guaranteed that its setValue method would be called with the Proxy instance when editing starts.
In your child editor class, you can just implement another interface TakesValue, you can get the editing proxy in the setValue method.
ValueAwareEditor works too, but has all those extra method you don't really need.
This is the only solution I found. It involves calling the context edit before you call the driver edit. Then you have the proxy to manipulate later.
Is there a better way to hook up dependencies??
This relies on the singleton App.Current and exposing a function that exposes the _container.SatisfyImports.
Is there a more MEF-tastic way of doing things?
Here is part of my main application class
public partial class App : Application
{
private CompositionContainer _container;
....
public void SatisfyImportsOnce(Object satifyMe)
{
_container.SatisfyImportsOnce(satisfyMe);
}
}
Here is a test class instantiated long after ComposeParts is called...
public class TestClass
{
public TestClass()
{
Console.WriteLine("Created a TestClass");
((Microsoft.Samples.XFileExplorer.App)App.Current).SatisfyImportsOnce(this);
}
}
I am in a similar situation in a WPF application where I want the MainWindow instance to import MEF exports. Since MEF does not create the MainWindow instance, it will not satisfy the imports unless you tell it to.
The way you are doing it will work if you do not want your instance to be registered for recomposition. If you do want recomposition, you should call ComposeParts.
Recomposition will update the imports in your class if and when they change.