Adrian,
I like the idea to be able to be able tie to multiple events to input box. In this particular case we are adding a very specific feature to text box. I think this Autocompleter feature builds on top of low level event handling + Remote calls + Effects.

This is commonly used special purpose extension to text box and so We should keep it. My mistake I did not add enough documentation on what server-autocomplete-params is for. This attribute is to customize behavior of Ajax.Autocompleter itself and to be used as implemented in example component.

I'll have to explore how I can turn these new attributes added to sub elements of text element. I'll see what I can get done there.

Regards
Anil Patel


On May 23, 2008, at 12:26 PM, Adrian Crum wrote:

Anil,

This looks good. One suggestion though - could we use sub-elements for the field element instead of attributes? I found attributes to be limiting in the form widget, so I set things up so that multiple ajax calls can be attached to form events (see the on-event-update- area element). The same might hold true for field events.

Instead of -

<field name="exampleFeatureId" id-name="exampleFeatureId">
<text server-autocomplete-target="ajaxAutocompleteOptions" server- autocomplete- params = "entityName = ExampleFeature &amp;fieldName=exampleFeatureId&amp;selectFields=[exampleFeatureId, description]&amp;sortByFields=[-exampleFeatureId]"/>
</field>

Have something like -

<field name="exampleFeatureId" id-name="exampleFeatureId">
 <text/>
<on-event-update-area event-type="change" area- id="exampleFeatureId" area-target="ajaxAutocompleteOptions? entityName = ExampleFeature &amp;fieldName=exampleFeatureId&amp;selectFields=[exampleFeatureId, description]&amp;sortByFields=[-exampleFeatureId]"/>
</field>

Using this method you can fire multiple ajax events on a single text element.

Also, UtilHttp.java has a method to extract the params from a target, so two separate attributes aren't needed. Check out how it's used in the form renderer.

-Adrian


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Author: apatel
Date: Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
New Revision: 659454
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=659454&view=rev
Log:
Fist pass of implementation of Ajax.Autocompleter enhancement for form widget text box. I'll be working on improving this over next few days.
Added:
   ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/actions/
ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/actions/ findExampleFeatures.bsh (with props)
   ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/includes/
ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/includes/ exampleFeatures.ftl (with props)
Modified:
ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/ controller.xml ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ ExampleFeatureScreens.xml
   ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleForms.xml
   ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleScreens.xml
   ofbiz/trunk/framework/images/webapp/images/selectall.js
   ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd
ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ ModelFormField.java ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/ HtmlFormRenderer.java Added: ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/actions/ findExampleFeatures.bsh
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/actions/findExampleFeatures.bsh?rev=659454&view=auto
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/actions/ findExampleFeatures.bsh (added) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/actions/ findExampleFeatures.bsh Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.GenericValue;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.model.DynamicViewEntity;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.model.ModelKeyMap;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.util.EntityFindOptions;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.util.EntityListIterator;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.condition.*;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.condition.EntityOperator;
+import org.ofbiz.entity.condition.EntityExpr;
+import org.ofbiz.base.util.*;
+import org.ofbiz.service.LocalDispatcher;
+
+andExprs = new ArrayList();
+exampleFeatureId = request.getParameter("exampleFeatureId");
+if (exampleFeatureId != null && exampleFeatureId.length() > 0) {
+ andExprs.add(new EntityExpr(new EntityFunction.UPPER(new EntityFieldValue("exampleFeatureId")), + EntityOperator.LIKE, "%" + exampleFeatureId.toUpperCase() + "%"));
+}
+
+if (andExprs.size() > 0){
+ entityConditionList = new EntityConditionList(andExprs, EntityOperator.AND); + List features = delegator.findByCondition("ExampleFeature", entityConditionList, null, UtilMisc.toList("-exampleFeatureId"));
+    // exampleFeatureId list to use in form-widgets
+    System.out.println("featuresfeatures" + features.size());
+    context.put("listIt", features);
+}
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Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/ controller.xml
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/controller.xml?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/ controller.xml (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/WEB-INF/ controller.xml Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@
<response name="success" type="view" value="EditExampleFeatureExampleAppls"/> <response name="error" type="view" value="EditExampleFeatureExampleAppls"/>
    </request-map>
+    <request-map uri="ExampleFeatureOptions">
+        <security https="true" auth="true"/>
+ <response name="success" type="view" value="ExampleFeatureOptions"/> + <response name="error" type="view" value="ExampleFeatureOptions"/>
+    </request-map>
<request-map uri="FormWidgetExamples"><security https="true" auth="true"/><response name="success" type="view" value="FormWidgetExamples"/></request-map>
@@ -178,7 +183,7 @@
<view-map name="FormWidgetExamples" type="screen" page="component://example/widget/example/ FormWidgetExampleScreens.xml#FormWidgetExamples"/> <view-map name="LookupExampleFeature" type="screen" page="component://example/widget/example/ ExampleFeatureScreens.xml#LookupExampleFeature"/>
-
+ <view-map name="ExampleFeatureOptions" type="screen" page="component://example/widget/example/ ExampleFeatureScreens.xml#ExampleFeatureOptions"/>
    <!-- ajax view mappings -->
<view-map name="findExampleAjax" type="screen" page="component://example/widget/example/ ExampleAjaxScreens.xml#AjaxExample"/> <view-map name="ListExampleFormOnly" type="screen" page="component://example/widget/example/ ExampleAjaxScreens.xml#ListExampleFormOnly"/> Added: ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/includes/ exampleFeatures.ftl
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/includes/exampleFeatures.ftl?rev=659454&view=auto
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/includes/ exampleFeatures.ftl (added) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/webapp/example/includes/ exampleFeatures.ftl Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<#--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License. <#assign listIt = parameters.listIt>
+-->
+
+<ul>
+  <#list listIt as feature>
+ <li>${feature.exampleFeatureId} <span class="informal"> $ {feature.description}</span></li>
+  </#list>
+</ul>
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Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ ExampleFeatureScreens.xml
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleFeatureScreens.xml?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ ExampleFeatureScreens.xml (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ ExampleFeatureScreens.xml Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
            <actions>
<set field="titleProperty" value="PageTitleEditExampleFeatureExampleAppls"/> <set field="tabButtonItem" value="EditExampleFeatureExampleAppls"/>
-
<set field="exampleFeatureId" from- field="parameters.exampleFeatureId"/>
            </actions>
            <widgets>
@@ -110,5 +109,21 @@
            </widgets>
        </section>
    </screen>
-
+    <screen name="ExampleFeatureOptions">
+        <section>
+            <actions>
+ <script location="component://example/webapp/ example/WEB-INF/actions/findExampleFeatures.bsh"/> <!--
+                <set field="parameters.noConditionFind" value="Y"/>
+ <service service-name="performFind" result-map- name="result"> + <field-map field-name="inputFields" env- name="parameters"/> + <field-map field-name="orderBy" value="description"/> + <field-map field-name="entityName" value="ExampleFeature"/>
+                </service>
+                <set field="listIt" from-field="result.listIt"/> -->
+            </actions>
+            <widgets>
+ <platform-specific><html><html-template location="component://example/webapp/example/includes/ exampleFeatures.ftl"/></html></platform-specific>
+            </widgets>
+        </section>
+    </screen>
</screens>
Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ ExampleForms.xml
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleForms.xml?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleForms.xml (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleForms.xml Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@
<form name="AddExampleFeatureAppl" type="single" target="example_createExampleFeatureAppl" title=""> <auto-fields-service service- name="createExampleFeatureAppl"/>
        <field name="exampleId"><hidden/></field>
- <field name="exampleFeatureId" title="$ {uiLabelMap.ExampleFeature}"><lookup target-form- name="LookupExampleFeature"/></field> + <field name="exampleFeatureId" id- name="exampleFeatureId"><text server-autocomplete- target="ExampleFeatureOptions"></text></field> + <!-- <field name="exampleFeatureId" title="$ {uiLabelMap.ExampleFeature}" id-name="exampleFeatureId"><lookup target-form-name="LookupExampleFeature"/></field> --> <field name="exampleFeatureApplTypeId" title="$ {uiLabelMap.CommonType}">
            <drop-down allow-empty="false">
<entity-options entity- name="ExampleFeatureApplType" description="${description}"> Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ ExampleScreens.xml
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleScreens.xml?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleScreens.xml (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/example/widget/example/ExampleScreens.xml Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
    <screen name="EditExampleFeatureAppls">
        <section>
            <actions>
+ + <set field="layoutSettings.javaScripts[+0]" value="/images/prototypejs/ scriptaculous.js" global="true"/> + <set field="layoutSettings.javaScripts[+0]" value="/images/prototypejs/prototype.js" global="true"/> + <set field="layoutSettings.styleSheets[+0]" value="/images/prototypejs/scriptaculouscontrols.css" global="true"/> <set field="titleProperty" value="PageTitleEditExampleFeatureAppls"/> <set field="tabButtonItem" value="EditExampleFeatureAppls"/> <set field="exampleId" from- field="parameters.exampleId"/>
Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/images/webapp/images/selectall.js
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/images/webapp/images/selectall.js?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/images/webapp/images/selectall.js (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/images/webapp/images/selectall.js Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@
ajaxSubmitRequestUpdateAreas(form.action, form.serialize(true), areaCsvString);
}
+function ajaxAutoCompleter(textFieldId,url,params) {
+       var optionsDivId = textFieldId + "_autoCompleterOptions";
+ $(textFieldId ).insert({after: '<div class="autocomplete"' + 'id=' + optionsDivId + '></div>'}); + new Ajax.Autocompleter($(textFieldId), optionsDivId, url, params);
+}
// ===== End of Ajax Functions ===== //
 function submitFormDisableSubmits(form) {
Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = =====================================================================
--- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd (original)
+++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/dtd/widget-form.xsd Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -854,6 +854,10 @@
                </xs:restriction>
            </xs:simpleType>
        </xs:attribute>
+ <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="server-autocomplete- params"/> + <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="server-autocomplete- target"> + <xs:annotation><xs:documentation>Url to request user options.</xs:documentation></xs:annotation>
+        </xs:attribute>
    </xs:attributeGroup>
    <xs:element name="textarea" substitutionGroup="AllFields">
        <xs:complexType>
Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ ModelFormField.java
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ModelFormField.java?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ ModelFormField.java (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/form/ ModelFormField.java Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -2167,7 +2167,9 @@
        protected SubHyperlink subHyperlink;
        protected boolean disabled;
        protected boolean clientAutocompleteField;
-
+ protected FlexibleStringExpander serverAutocompleteTargetExdr; + protected FlexibleStringExpander serverAutocompleteParamsExdr;
+                 protected TextField() {
            super();
        }
@@ -2211,6 +2213,9 @@
            if (subHyperlinkElement != null) {
this.subHyperlink = new SubHyperlink(subHyperlinkElement);
            }
+ this.serverAutocompleteTargetExdr = new FlexibleStringExpander(element.getAttribute("server-autocomplete- target")); + this.serverAutocompleteParamsExdr = new FlexibleStringExpander(element.getAttribute("server-autocomplete- params"));
+
        }
public void renderFieldString(StringBuffer buffer, Map context, FormStringRenderer formStringRenderer) {
@@ -2288,6 +2293,21 @@
        public void setSubHyperlink(SubHyperlink newSubHyperlink) {
            this.subHyperlink = newSubHyperlink;
        }
+        public String getServerAutocompleteTarget(Map context) {
+            if(serverAutocompleteTargetExdr !=null){
+ return this.serverAutocompleteTargetExdr.expandString(context);
+            } else {
+                return "";
+            }
+        }
+        public String getServerAutocompleteParams(Map context) {
+            if(serverAutocompleteParamsExdr !=null){
+ return this.serverAutocompleteParamsExdr.expandString(context);
+            } else {
+                return "";
+            }            +        }
+             }
     public static class TextareaField extends FieldInfo {
Modified: ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/ HtmlFormRenderer.java
URL: 
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/HtmlFormRenderer.java?rev=659454&r1=659453&r2=659454&view=diff
= = = = = = = = = ===================================================================== --- ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/ HtmlFormRenderer.java (original) +++ ofbiz/trunk/framework/widget/src/org/ofbiz/widget/html/ HtmlFormRenderer.java Thu May 22 23:54:15 2008
@@ -290,8 +290,22 @@
this.makeHyperlinkString(buffer, textField.getSubHyperlink(), context);
         this.appendTooltip(buffer, context, modelFormField);
-
-        //appendWhitespace(buffer);
+ //Add javascript block to execute a function that will register textfield to autocompleter Ajax system. + String serverAutocompleteTarget = textField.getServerAutocompleteTarget(context);
+        if (UtilValidate.isNotEmpty(serverAutocompleteTarget)) {
+            appendWhitespace(buffer);
+ buffer.append("<script language=\"JavaScript\" type= \"text/javascript\">");
+            appendWhitespace(buffer);
+            buffer.append("ajaxAutoCompleter('");
+            buffer.append(idName);
+            buffer.append("', '");
+ WidgetWorker.buildHyperlinkUrl(buffer, serverAutocompleteTarget,HyperlinkField.DEFAULT_TARGET_TYPE, request, response, context);
+            buffer.append("', '");
+ buffer.append(textField.getServerAutocompleteParams(context) + "');");
+            appendWhitespace(buffer);
+            buffer.append("</script>");
+        }
+        appendWhitespace(buffer);
    }
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