List Editor
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Map data onto a graph of editors.
There are many ways to construct a widget as an editor. In this guide, the examples provide a high level overview, using some widget with UiBinder and some without. UiBinder is not needed for the layout although was used to provide the angle of widget with editor construction.
This guide covers a basic example of the ListEditor.
In this example the files look like:
Object graphs used in the examples.
This person editor uses the ListEditor for editing the person's list of library books.
Person object graph with a List of library books:
public class Person {
private long id;
private String name;
private boolean active;
private double ratio;
private List<Book> library;
public Person() {
}
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public long getId() {
return id;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public boolean isActive() {
return active;
}
public void setActive(boolean active) {
this.active = active;
}
public double getRatio() {
return ratio;
}
public void setRatio(double ratio) {
this.ratio = ratio;
}
public List<Book> getLibrary() {
return library;
}
public void setLibrary(List<Book> library) {
this.library = library;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
String s = "{ Person: ";
s += "name=" + name + " ";
s += "active=" + active + " ";
s += "ratio=" + ratio + " ";
s += "library=" + library + " ";
s += "}";
return s;
}
}
public class Book {
private long id;
private String title;
private int pages;
public Book() {
}
public long getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(long id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getTitle() {
return title;
}
public void setTitle(String title) {
this.title = title;
}
public int getPages() {
return pages;
}
public void setPages(int pages) {
this.pages = pages;
}
@Override
public String toString() {
String s = "{ Book: ";
s += "title=" + title + " ";
s += "}";
return s;
}
}
BookItemEditor.ui.xml UiBinder:
<!-- BookItemEditor.ui.xml file -->
<!DOCTYPE ui:UiBinder SYSTEM "http://dl.google.com/gwt/DTD/xhtml.ent">
<ui:UiBinder
xmlns:ui="urn:ui:com.google.gwt.uibinder"
xmlns:g="urn:import:com.google.gwt.user.client.ui"
xmlns:button="urn:import:com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.button"
xmlns:form="urn:import:com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form">
<g:HorizontalPanel>
<g:cell>
<form:TextField ui:field="title" width="150px" />
</g:cell>
<g:cell>
<form:IntegerSpinnerField ui:field="pages" width="50px" />
</g:cell>
<g:cell>
<button:TextButton text="Delete" ui:field="delete" />
</g:cell>
</g:HorizontalPanel>
</ui:UiBinder>
BookItemEditor for editing a Book:
import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.Editor;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiBinder;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiField;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiHandler;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IsWidget;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
import com.google.web.bindery.event.shared.HandlerRegistration;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.event.SelectEvent;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.IntegerSpinnerField;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.TextField;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.domain.Book;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.event.EditorDeleteEvent;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.event.EditorDeleteEventHandler;
public class BookItemEditor implements IsWidget, Editor<Book> {
// UiBinder
private static BookItemUiBinder uiBinder = GWT.create(BookItemUiBinder.class);
interface BookItemUiBinder extends UiBinder<Widget, BookItemEditor> {
}
@UiField
TextField title;
@UiField
IntegerSpinnerField pages;
private Widget widget;
@Override
public Widget asWidget() {
if (widget == null) {
widget = uiBinder.createAndBindUi(this);
}
return widget;
}
public final HandlerRegistration addDeleteHandler(EditorDeleteEventHandler handler) {
return widget.addHandler(handler, EditorDeleteEvent.TYPE);
}
@UiHandler("delete")
public void onDeleteSelect(SelectEvent event) {
widget.fireEvent(new EditorDeleteEvent());
}
}
Event and handler for removing BookItemEditor items in the library list.
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.GwtEvent;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
public class EditorDeleteEvent extends GwtEvent<EditorDeleteEventHandler> {
public static Type<EditorDeleteEventHandler> TYPE = new Type<EditorDeleteEventHandler>();
private Widget source;
public EditorDeleteEvent(Widget source) {
this.source = source;
}
public EditorDeleteEvent() {
}
@Override
public Type<EditorDeleteEventHandler> getAssociatedType() {
return TYPE;
}
@Override
protected void dispatch(EditorDeleteEventHandler handler) {
handler.onDeleteEvent(this);
}
public Widget getSource() {
return source;
}
}
import com.google.gwt.event.shared.EventHandler;
public interface EditorDeleteEventHandler extends EventHandler {
public void onDeleteEvent(EditorDeleteEvent event);
}
BookListEditor for editing a persons list of library books.
The ListEditor creates a list backed by the ItemEditorSource which manages adding and removing the editors list items.
import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.IsEditor;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.adapters.EditorSource;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.adapters.ListEditor;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IsWidget;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.container.FlowLayoutContainer;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.domain.Book;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.event.EditorDeleteEvent;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.event.EditorDeleteEventHandler;
public class BookListEditor extends Composite implements IsWidget, IsEditor<ListEditor<Book, BookItemEditor>> {
// ListEditorExample and item editor manager.
private class ItemEditorSource extends EditorSource<BookItemEditor> {
@Override
public BookItemEditor create(final int index) {
BookItemEditor item = new BookItemEditor();
container.insert(item, index);
item.addDeleteHandler(new EditorDeleteEventHandler() {
public void onDeleteEvent(EditorDeleteEvent event) {
removeItem(index);
}
});
return item;
}
@Override
public void dispose(BookItemEditor item) {
item.asWidget().removeFromParent();
}
@Override
public void setIndex(BookItemEditor item, int index) {
container.insert(item, index);
}
}
// This source backs the ListEditorExample, which adds,inserts and removes child widgets from the list.
private ListEditor<Book, BookItemEditor> listEditor = ListEditor.of(new ItemEditorSource());
private FlowLayoutContainer widget;
public BookListEditor() {
initWidget(asWidget());
}
@Override
public Widget asWidget() {
if (widget == null) {
widget = new FlowLayoutContainer();
}
return widget;
}
@Override
public ListEditor<Book, BookItemEditor> asEditor() {
return listEditor;
}
// This is a good place to delete the item from the database, before removing
private void removeItem(int index) {
listEditor.getList().remove(index);
}
}
PersonEditor.ui.xml UiBinder, wiring up the editors and inputs:
<!-- PersonEditor.ui.xml file -->
<!DOCTYPE ui:UiBinder SYSTEM "http://dl.google.com/gwt/DTD/xhtml.ent">
<ui:UiBinder
xmlns:ui="urn:ui:com.google.gwt.uibinder"
xmlns:container="urn:import:com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.container"
xmlns:form="urn:import:com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form"
xmlns:button="urn:import:com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.button"
xmlns:books="urn:import:com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.bookslist">
<container:FlowLayoutContainer ui:field="container" width="300">
<container:child>
<button:TextButton text="Save" ui:field="save"/>
</container:child>
<container:child>
<form:FieldLabel text="Name">
<form:widget>
<form:TextField ui:field="name"/>
</form:widget>
</form:FieldLabel>
</container:child>
<container:child>
<form:FieldLabel text="" labelSeparator="">
<form:widget>
<form:CheckBox ui:field="active" boxLabel="Active" enabled="true"/>
</form:widget>
</form:FieldLabel>
</container:child>
<container:child>
<form:FieldLabel text="Ratio">
<form:widget>
<form:DoubleSpinnerField ui:field="ratio"/>
</form:widget>
</form:FieldLabel>
</container:child>
<container:child>
<form:FieldLabel text="Library">
<form:widget>
<books:BookListEditor ui:field="library"/>
</form:widget>
</form:FieldLabel>
</container:child>
</container:FlowLayoutContainer>
</ui:UiBinder>
PersonEditor wires up the editors for editing the Person:
import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.Editor;
import com.google.gwt.editor.client.SimpleBeanEditorDriver;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiBinder;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiField;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiHandler;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.IsWidget;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Widget;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.event.SelectEvent;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.CheckBox;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.DoubleSpinnerField;
import com.sencha.gxt.widget.core.client.form.TextField;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.bookslist.BookListEditor;
import com.sencha.project.client.listeditor.domain.Person;
public class PersonEditor implements IsWidget, Editor<Person> {
// Editor driver
private static final PersonDriver driver = GWT.create(PersonDriver.class);
interface PersonDriver extends SimpleBeanEditorDriver<Person, PersonEditor> {
}
// UiBinder and fields
private static final PersonEditorUiBinder uiBinder = GWT.create(PersonEditorUiBinder.class);
interface PersonEditorUiBinder extends UiBinder<Widget, PersonEditor> {
}
@UiField
TextField name;
@UiField
CheckBox active;
@UiField
DoubleSpinnerField ratio;
@UiField
BookListEditor library;
private Widget widget;
@Override
public Widget asWidget() {
if (widget == null) {
widget = uiBinder.createAndBindUi(this);
// Initialize the editor driver
driver.initialize(this);
}
return widget;
}
// Fill in the editors fields with the person properties
public void edit(Person person) {
driver.edit(person);
}
// When save is clicked
@UiHandler("save")
public void onSaveSelect(SelectEvent event) {
Person person = driver.flush();
System.out.println(person);
// { Person: name=Fred Flinstone active=true ratio=13.123456
// library=[{ Book: title=The coming Iceage }, { Book: title=How to train a dinosaur. }] }
}
}
Using the editors to edit a person:
public void onModuleLoad() {
Book book1 = new Book();
Book book2 = new Book();
book1.setId(1);
book2.setId(2);
book1.setTitle("The coming Iceage");
book2.setTitle("How to train a dinosaur");
book1.setPages(2);
book2.setPages(3);
List<Book> library = new ArrayList<Book>();
library.add(book1);
library.add(book2);
Person person = new Person();
person.setId(1);
person.setName("Fred Flinstone");
person.setActive(true);
person.setRatio(12.123456);
person.setLibrary(library);
PersonEditor personEditor = new PersonEditor();
RootPanel.get().add(personEditor);
personEditor.edit(person);
}
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