GWT's Editor Framework and GWTP - gwt

Question

building on this answer, i try to integrate the GWT editors into a popup presenter widget. What is the right way to do that?
My view looks like this:
public class DeviceEditorDialogView extends
PopupViewWithUiHandlers<DeviceEditorDialogUiHandlers> implements
DeviceEditorDialogPresenterWidget.MyView {
interface Binder extends UiBinder<PopupPanel, DeviceEditorDialogView> {
}
public interface Driver extends SimpleBeanEditorDriver<DeviceDto, DeviceEditorDialogView> {
}
#Inject
DeviceEditorDialogView(Binder uiBinder, EventBus eventBus) {
super(eventBus);
initWidget(uiBinder.createAndBindUi(this));
}
#Override
public SimpleBeanEditorDriver<DeviceDto, ?> createEditorDriver() {
Driver driver = GWT.create(Driver.class);
driver.initialize(this);
return driver;
}
}
and my presenter looks like this:
public class DeviceEditorDialogPresenterWidget extends PresenterWidget<DeviceEditorDialogPresenterWidget.MyView> implements
DeviceEditorDialogUiHandlers {
#Inject
DeviceEditorDialogPresenterWidget(EventBus eventBus,
MyView view) {
super(eventBus, view);
getView().setUiHandlers(this);
}
/**
* {#link LocalDialogPresenterWidget}'s PopupView.
*/
public interface MyView extends PopupView, DevicesEditView<DeviceDto>, HasUiHandlers<DeviceEditorDialogUiHandlers> {
}
private DeviceDto currentDeviceDTO = null;
private SimpleBeanEditorDriver<DeviceDto, ?> driver;
public DeviceDto getCurrentDeviceDTO() {
return currentDeviceDTO;
}
public void setCurrentDeviceDTO(DeviceDto currentDeviceDTO) {
this.currentDeviceDTO = currentDeviceDTO;
}
#Override
protected void onBind() {
super.onBind();
driver = getView().createEditorDriver();
}
//UiHandler Method: Person person = driver.flush();
}
Is this the right approach? What is missing? Currently nothing happens when i try to use it like this:
#Override
public void showDeviceDialog() {
deviceEditorDialog.setCurrentDeviceDTO(new DeviceDto());
addToPopupSlot(deviceEditorDialog);
}
showDeviceDialog is in the parent presenter and called when clicking a button in that parent Presenter, that instantiates the dialog with private final DeviceEditorDialogPresenterWidget deviceEditorDialog;
Thanks!

Answer 1

Here are a few key points that are missing from your code above:
Your DeviceEditorDialogView should implement Editor<DeviceDto>. This is required in order for the fields of DeviceEditorDialogView to be populated with data from you POJO.
Your DeviceEditorDialogView should have child editors that are mapped to fields in your POJO. For example, given the field deviceDto.modelName (type String), you could have a GWT Label named modelName in your DeviceEditorDialogView. This Label implements Editor<String> and will be populated with the modelName from your DeviceDto when you call driver.edit(deviceDto)
You should call driver.initialize(this) only once, in DeviceEditorDialogView's constructor
You should override onReveal() like this:
#Override
public void onReveal() {
super.onReveal();
driver.edit(currentDeviceDTO); // this will populate your view with the data from your POJO
}
This method will be called when the popup is displayed, just after your DeviceEditorDialogPresenterWidget has been addToPopupSlot