Wicket - changing panels through a dropdown - wicket

I have a dropdown component added on a page. the purpose of this dropdown is to change the type of input form that is rendered. for example, different forms have different required fields, editable fields, etc.
public final class Test extends WebPage
{
CustomPanel currentPanel = new MeRequest("repeater",FormType.MIN);
public Test(PageParameters parameters)
{
add(currentPanel);
DropDownChoice ddc = new DropDownChoice("panel", new PropertyModel(this, "selected"), panels, choiceRenderer);
ddc.add(new AjaxFormComponentUpdatingBehavior("onchange") {
protected void onUpdate(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
System.out.println("changed");
currentPanel = new MeRequest("repeater",FormType.PRO);
target.add(currentPanel);
}
});
add(ddc);
}
i've tried various options with limited results. the only real success has been updating the model, but what i really want to do is change how the components behave.
any thoughts on what i'm missing?

1) If you want to replace one panel with another you may just do the following.
First of all, you should output the markup id of the original panel:
currentPanel.setOutputMarkupId(true);
And then in the ajax event handler write something like that:
protected void onUpdate(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
CustomPanel newPanel = new MeRequest("repeater", FormType.PRO);
currentPanel.replaceWith(newPanel);
currentPanel = newPanel;
currentPanel.setOutputMarkupId(true);
target.addComponent(currentPanel);
}
In this case with every change of dropdown choice you add new panel to the page and you remove old panel from the page.
2) But I would proposed a slightly different approach to your problem. You should move the construction logic of your panel to the onBeforeRender() method:
public class MeRequest extends Panel {
private FormType formType;
public MeRequest(String id, FormType formType) {
super(id);
this.formType = formType;
// don't forget to output the markup id of the panel
setOutputMarkupId(true);
// constructor without construction logic
}
protected void onBeforeRender() {
// create form and form components based on value of form type
switch (formType) {
case MIN:
// ...
break;
case PRO:
// ...
break;
}
// add form and form components to panel
addOrReplace(form);
form.add(field1);
form.add(field2);
// ...
super.onBeforeRender();
}
public void setFormType(FormType formType) {
this.formType = formType;
}
}
Then you'll be able to only change type of the panel in the ajax event:
protected void onUpdate(AjaxRequestTarget target) {
currentPanel.setFormType(FormType.PRO);
target.addComponent(currentPanel);
}
Thus we rebuilt the original panel without recreating it.

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I have an ObservableList of model items. The model item is enabled for property binding (the setter fires a property changed event). The list is the content provider to a TableViewer which allows cell editing. I also intend to add a way of adding new rows (model items) via the TableViewer so the number of items in the list may vary with time.
So far, so good.
As this is all within an eclipse editor, I would like to know when the model gets changed. I just need one changed event from any changed model item in order to set the editor 'dirty'. I guess I could attach some kind of listener to each individual list item object but I wonder if there is a clever way to do it.
I think that I might have a solution. The following class is an inline Text editor. Changes to the model bean (all instances) are picked up using the listener added in doCreateElementObservable. My eclipse editor just needs to add its' own change listener to be kept informed.
public class InlineEditingSupport extends ObservableValueEditingSupport
{
private CellEditor cellEditor;
private String property;
private DataBindingContext dbc;
IChangeListener changeListener = new IChangeListener()
{
#Override
public void handleChange(ChangeEvent event)
{
for (ITableEditorChangeListener listener : listenersChange)
{
listener.changed();
}
}
};
public InlineEditingSupport(ColumnViewer viewer, DataBindingContext dbc, String property)
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}
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#Override
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return value;
}
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public void addChangeListener(ITableEditorChangeListener listener)
{
listenersChange.remove(listener);
listenersChange.add(listener);
}
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{
listenersChange.remove(listener);
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How do I tell a GWT cell widget data has changed via the Event Bus?

I have a GWT Cell Tree that I use to display a file structure from a CMS. I am using a AsyncDataProvider that loads data from a custom RPC class I created. I also have a Web Socket system that will broadcast events (File create, renamed, moved, deleted etc) from other clients also working in the system.
What I am trying to wrap my head around is when I recieve one of these events, how I correctly update my Cell Tree?
I suppose this problem would be analogus to having two instances of my Cell Tree on the page, which are presenting the same server-side data and wanting to ensure that when the user updated one, that the other updated as well, via using the EventBus.
I feel this should be pretty simple but I have spent about 6 hours on it now with no headway. My code is included below:
NOTE: I am not using RequestFactory even though it may look like I am it is my custom RPC framework. Also, FileEntity is just a simple representation of a file which has a name accessible by getName().
private void drawTree() {
// fileService is injected earlier on and is my own custom rpc service
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CellTree tree = new CellTree(model, "Root");
tree.setAnimationEnabled(true);
getView().getWorkspace().add(tree);
}
private static class CustomTreeModel implements TreeViewModel {
// I am trying to use a single AsyncDataProvider so I have a single point of loading data which I can manipulate (Not sure if this is the correct way to go)
public CustomTreeModel(FileDataProvider dataProvider) {
this.provider = provider;
}
public <T> NodeInfo<?> getNodeInfo(final T value) {
if (!(value instanceof FileEntity)) {
// I already have the root File loaded in my presenter, if we are at the root of the tree, I just add it via a list here
ListDataProvider<FileEntity> dataProvider = new ListDataProvider<FileEntity>();
dataProvider.getList().add(TreeWorkspacePresenter.rootFolder);
return new DefaultNodeInfo<FileEntity>(dataProvider,
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} else {
// Otherwise I know that we are loading some tree child data, and I invoke the AsyncProvider to load it from the server
provider.setFocusFile(value);
return new DefaultNodeInfo<FileEntity>(provider,
new FileCell());
}
}
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if(value == null || value instanceof Folder)
return false;
return true;
}
}
public class FileDataProvider extends AsyncDataProvider<FileEntity> {
private FileEntity focusFile;
private FileService service;
#Inject
public FileDataProvider(FileService service){
this.service = service;
}
public void setFocusFile(FileEntity focusFile){
this.focusFile = focusFile;
}
#Override
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new Reciever<List<FileEntity>>() {
#Override
public void onSuccess(List<FileEntity> files) {
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}
#Override
public void onFailure(Throwable error) {
Window.alert(error.toString());
}
});
}
}
/**
* The cell used to render Files.
*/
public static class FileCell extends AbstractCell<FileEntity> {
private FileEntity file;
public FileEntity getFile() {
return file;
}
#Override
public void render(Context context, FileEntity file, SafeHtmlBuilder sb) {
if (file != null) {
this.file = file;
sb.appendEscaped(file.getName());
}
}
}
Currently there is no direct support for individual tree item refresh even in the latest gwt version.
But there is a workaround for this. Each tree item is associated with an value. Using this value you can get the corresponding tree item.
In your case, i assume, you know which item to update/refresh ie you know which File Entity has changed. Use this file entity to search for the corresponding tree item. Once you get the tree item you just need to expand and collapse or collapse and expand its parent item. This makes parent item to re-render its children. Your changed file entity is one among the children. So it get refreshed.
public void refreshFileEntity(FileEntity fileEntity)
{
TreeNode fileEntityNode = getFileEntityNode(fileEntity, cellTree.getRootTreeNode()
// For expnad and collapse run this for loop
for ( int i = 0; i < fileEntityNode.getParent().getChildCount(); i++ )
{
if ( !fileEntityNode.getParent().isChildLeaf( i ) )
{
fileEntityNode.getParent().setChildOpen( i, true );
}
}
}
public TreeNode getFileEntityNode(FileEntity fileEntity, TreeNode treeNode)
{
if(treeNode.getChildren == null)
{
return null;
}
for(TreeNode node : treeNode.getChildren())
{
if(fileEntity.getId().equals( node.getValue.getId() ))
{
return node;
}
getEntityNode(fileEntity, node);
}
}
You can use the dataprovider to update the celltree.
You can update the complete cell tree with:
provider.setList(pList);
provider.refresh();
If you want to update only a special cell you can get the listwrapper from the dataprovider and only set one element.
provider.getList().set(12, element);

Adding list sub-editors to tab panel

I use ListEditor to allow editing list of chilren and I do everything just like I saw in some examples.The only difference from examples is that I want widgets editing children to be added as a tabs to some TabLayoutPanel.
The problem is that I want to give a header to this new tab and this header is not constant but depends on object being edited by newly created sub-editor (so let the header be child.getName()) which I don't know inside EditorSource#create() method.
ListEditor<ChildProxy, ChildPanel> children = ListEditor
.of(new EditorSource<ChildPanel>() {
#Override
public ChildPanel create(int index) {
ChildPanel tab = new ChildPanel();
//here's a problem, how I can get tabHeader here?
tabPanel.add(tab,tabHeader);
}
});
How can I set value-dependent headers to tabs created by create()? Any help/workaround would be greatly appreciated.
Does this approach work for you :
public class ChildrenEditor extends Composite implements
IsEditor<ListEditor<Child, ChildInTabEditor>> {
ListEditor<Child, ChildInTabEditor> editor;
public ChildrenEditor() {
initWidget(uiBinder.createAndBindUi(this));
editor = ListEditor.of(new ChildInTabEditorSource());
}
private class ChildInTabEditorSource extends EditorSource<ChildInTabEditor> {
public ChildInTabEditor create(int index) {
ChildInTabEditor tab = new ChildInTabEditor();
// here's the trick :
Child child = editor.getList().get(index);
tabPanel.add(tab,child.getTabTitle());
return tab;
}
}
#Override
public ListEditor<Child, ChildInTabEditor> asEditor() {
return editor;
}
}
ChildInTabEditor must be a Tab that implements Editor<Child> then too!
What worked for me was passing tabPanel and index to newly created ChildPanel() and make it ValueAwareEditor. Then on setValue() I was setting header on tabPanel reference at given index.

wicket issue unable to move items from one listmultiplechoice another

I have a Wicket Panel. It has two text fields adjacent to each other and two ListMultipleChoice controls adjacent to each other and two buttons "add and remove" in between two these ListMultipleChoice's.
I was unable to move the items from one list box to another unless I entered some values in text fields, which were prior to the list boxes.
If values were entered in text fields, I was able to move the items.
Please find the code below.
TextField<BigDecimal> textfield1 = new TextField<BigDecimal>("value1")
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8199976201679629866L;
#Override
public IConverter getConverter(Class<?> type) {
return new FixedDecimalPlacesConverter();
}
};
textfield1.setType(BigDecimal.class);
textfield1.setLabel(new Model<String>("Value1"));
textfield1.setRequired(true)
.add(PositiveNumberValidator.getInstance())
.add(new FixedDecimalPlacesValidator(2));
add(new FeedBackBorder("Border1").add(textfield1));
TextField <BigDecimal> textfield2 = new TextField<BigDecimal>("value2")
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8199976201679629866L;
#Override
public IConverter getConverter(Class<?> type) {
return new FixedDecimalPlacesConverter();
}
};
textfield2.setType(BigDecimal.class);
textfield2.setOutputMarkupId(true);
textfield2.setLabel(new Model<String>("Value2"));
textfield2.setRequired(true)
.add(PositiveNumberValidator.getInstance())
.add(new FixedDecimalPlacesValidator(2));
add (new FeedBackBorder("Border2").add(textfield2));
ChoiceRenderer<UserBean> choiceRenderer = new ChoiceRenderer<UserBean>("userName", "userID.ID");
availableUsers= new ListMultipleChoice<UserBean>( "availableUsersBean", availableUsersList, choiceRenderer );
availableUsers.setOutputMarkupId(true);
availableUsers.setLabel(new Model<String>("Available Users"));
add(new FeedBackBorder("availableUsersBorder").add(availableUsers));
selectedUsers = new ListMultipleChoice<UserBean>( "selectedUsersBean", selectedUsersList, choiceRenderer );
selectedUsers.setOutputMarkupId(true);
selectedUsers.setLabel(new Model<String>("Selected Users"));
add(new FeedBackBorder("selectedUsers Border").add(selectedUsers ));
add = new AjaxButton("add") {
#Override
protected void onSubmit(AjaxRequestTarget target, Form form) {
update(target, availableUsers.getModelValue(),availableUsers, selectedUsers);
}
};
add(new FeedBackBorder("addBorder").add(add));
remove = new AjaxButton("remove") {
#Override
protected void onSubmit(AjaxRequestTarget target, Form form) {
update(target, selectedUsers.getModelValue(), selectedUsers , availableUsers);
}
};
add(new FeedBackBorder("removeBorder").add(remove));
What could be the issue?
add.setDefaultFormProcessing(false);
remove.setDefaultFormProcessing(false);
I am using org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.Button which allows you to turn off full form submit with button click with the setDefaultFormProcessing(boolean). This should allow you to process actions without submitting your complete form, therefore not validating required textfields.
At a first glance: Your TextFields are required. Submitting the Form via AjaxButtons wouldn't trigger the onSubmit method for an invalid form but the onError method.
Possible Solutions (in no particular order):
Moving the Lists to a nested form
Moving the contents of the onSubmit to a separate method and call it from onError too
Move the item moving logic to a pure JavaScript based Behaviour or Decorator that doesn't trigger a form submit.

Render view based on another view in Eclipse plugin

I am developing an Eclipse plug-in that has currently 2 views. In my first view I have a list of connections displayed in a TableViewer (name and connection status).In my second view I want to load the tables in a database (the connection). This loading will be done by clicking a menu item on a connection ("view details"). These tables will be displayed in a TreeViewer because they can also have children. I have tried to do it this way:
My View class:
public class DBTreeView extends ViewPart {
private TreeViewer treeViewer;
private Connection root = null;
public DBTreeView() {
Activator.getDefault().setDbTreeView(this);
}
public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
treeViewer = new TreeViewer(parent);
treeViewer.setContentProvider(new DBTreeContentProvider());
treeViewer.setLabelProvider(new DBTreeLabelProvider());
}
public void setInput(Connection conn){
root = conn;
treeViewer.setInput(root);
treeViewer.refresh();
}
}
I made a setInput method that is called from the action registered with the menu item in the connections view with the currently selected connection as argument:
MViewContentsAction class:
public void run(){
selectedConnection = Activator.getDefault().getConnectionsView().getSelectedConnection();
Activator.getDefault().getDbTreeView().setInput(selectedConnection);
}
In my ContentProvider class:
public Object[] getChildren(Object arg0) {
if (arg0 instanceof Connection){
return ((Connection) arg0).getTables().toArray();
}
return EMPTY_ARRAY;
}
where EMPTY_ARRAY is an...empty array
The problem I'm facing is that when in debug mode, this piece of code is not executed somehow:
Activator.getDefault().getDbTreeView().setInput(selectedConnection);
And also nothing happens in the tree view when clicking the menu item. Any ideas?
Thank you
Huh. Ok, what you're doing here is.. not really the right way. What you should be doing is registering your TableViewer as a selection provider.
getSite().setSelectionProvider(tableViewer);
Then, define a selection listener and add it to the view with the tree viewer like this:
ISelectionListener listener = new ISelectionListener() {
public void selectionChanged(IWorkbenchPart part, ISelection sel) {
if (!(sel instanceof IStructuredSelection))
return;
IStructuredSelection ss = (IStructuredSelection) sel;
// rest of your code dealing with checking whether selection is what is
//expected and if it is, setting it as an input to
//your tree viewer
}
};
public void createPartControl(Composite parent) {
getSite().getPage().addSelectionListener(listener);
}
Now your tree viewer's input will be changed according to what is selected in the table viewer (btw, don't forget to call treeviewer.refresh() after you set new input).
See an example here.