Hi Muhannad, > You will find that I have two divs on the home page (RPCServics.html): > (1) menu div and (2) content div. > In onModuleLoad() method I create two links <a href='home'>Home</a> > and <a href='about'>About Us</a>. What I need exactly is when the user > clicks "Home" link, then the "content" div will hold the HomePanel > (it's a class you could find in com.ePediaSy.client.panels package), > and when he clicks "About Us" link the content panel should hold the > AboutPanel. >
Why are you doing this? I think you are maybe making life necessarily difficult for yourself. As Litty has commented a GWT application is normally built around a single HTML page that has little or no content apart from a single div to house the GWT javascript application that is normally automatically generated for you by the project creator or your IDE. A more typical approach to your scenario would be to use, for example, a DockPanel. You might construct a navigation widget and place it in DockPanel.NORTH. This might include a MenuBar, Buttons, Hyperlinks, whatever, but they are all GWT widgets. You could implement your "content" using a Composite based around, for example, DeckPanel or TabPanel and place this in DockPanel.CENTER. That is a more "GWT" way to do things. regards gregor > On Nov 6, 11:57 am, "Litty Preeth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Muhannad, > > > Usually in GWT applications, you have one HTML page and the UI rendering is > > done dynamically using javascript. You can create different panels for > > different pages and add these panels to the RootPanel when a user clicks on > > hyperlinks (in ur case). And while rendering these panels when you require > > some data from the server, you can make RPC calls. > > > May be first you should go through some simple GWT tutorial before begining > > your project. > > > Regards, > > Litty Preeth > > > On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 1:05 PM, Muhannad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi Walden, > > > > I'm not sure that I got your idea, but I always had a concern about > > > that so I'll share it with you: > > > 1. Does the GWT application have just one html page (module-name.html) > > > that all the content should be rendered there? > > > What I mean is that Litty wrote "if the URL ends with /about then > > > the AboutService will be called". Well but what if that AboutService > > > does not extends or consists of any UI element? What is gonna to be > > > displayed on the browser? > > > > 2. What I've received from your idea above is, each service should > > > have its own (index.html)??!! If that was the case, each time I click > > > on a menu item then a whole new page is going to be rendered and the > > > browser will send an HTTP request and page will be rebuilt and > > > displayed, which is not the case here:http://extjs.com/Pleasetry to > > > click any menu item and notice that only a portion of the page is > > > rendered (the section under the menu) and not the whole page. > > > Actually, this is exactly what I need to do but I think I was not > > > clear enough. > > > > 3. Suppose that I want to pass parameters in the URL in some > > > customized format; not using the regular way > > >http://domain/service?param1=value1¶m2=value2. > > > For example, something like that: > > >http://domain/service/param1/value1/param2/value2. > > > Where should I write my own code that should take care of this > > > customized URL "encoding"?? I mean, is there any place in GWT > > > application where I could capture the URL and manipulate it before > > > redirect it to some place depending on some parameters passed?? I > > > guess there is something in .NET called HTTP Handler or Generic > > > Handler to deal with that. I think this is an issue that the Web > > > Server should deal with it not the GWT application???!!! > > > > Thank you very much. > > > > On Nov 5, 5:56 pm, walden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Muhannad, > > > > > There's a problem with your assumptions. When a user clicks on your > > > > "about" menu link, she's not going to get a Panel, she's going to get > > > > a whole new page fromhttp://domain/about/index.html. That page can > > > > be a GWT host file if you like, but this is regular HTML pages, not a > > > > rich GWT client showing and hiding content based on menu navigation. > > > > I think you'd better get your head around that first, and then tackle > > > > the RPC URL binding question next, if it's even an issue at all. > > > > > Walden > > > > > On Nov 5, 5:12 am,Muhannad<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I want to build a website with (Home, about, products, ...) menu. I > > > > > need to build multiple forms (panels), each panel corresponds to one > > > > > menu item, e.g. aboutPanel for "about" menu item, productsPanel for > > > > > "products"... > > > > > > Moreover, I would like to implement that panel in terms of RPC > > > > > services; I need to correspond each panel to a single RPC service that > > > > > communicates with the server to get its data, build the whole form, > > > > > and return the result as a panel to be displayed somewhere in the home > > > > > page (for example). > > > > > > Of course, GWT allows us to define multiple services and add multiple > > > > > <servlet path="/service" ...> to the module XML file. > > > > > > My problem is how to know which service should I instantiate depending > > > > > on the URL mapping, i.e. suppose that the menu is defined as follow: > > > > > > <div id="menu"> > > > > > <a href="index.html">Home</a> > > > > > <a href="/about">About us</a> > > > > > <a href="/products">Products</a> > > > > > ... > > > > > </div> > > > > > > So when someone clicks the "About us" link, the URL would be "http:// > > > > > domain/about". So I should instantiate the "about" service and create > > > > > an aboutPanel to display it. The same thing when s/he clicks the > > > > > "Products" link, then the URL is "http://domain/products"; and, in this > > > > > case, I should build the product panel... > > > > > > So, is there somewhere in GWT application that I could parse the URL > > > > > and depending on the mapping portion of it "/about" or "/products" > > > > > could I decide which service to instantiate? Or is there another > > > > > better way to do that? > > > > > > Thank you very much in advance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Web-Toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
