@Timea RequestBuilder or RequestFactory. If you plan on creating a Mobile "Web" App you can def. look at GWT-RPC. However, if you plan on packaging the App to "Native" as part of the dual mode (web-"native"), then avoid if possible GWT-RPC.
Regards, Alfredo On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Imy <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you for the so far posted replies. > > For maybe further clarify: > > - I need this to work only at the start up of the application, to wait > till my model has all the data and then update the GUI. > - I am using mGWT, still the architecture is GWT related. I am using > mGWT to get it cross-device and GWT to get it cross-browser. (of course > with its limitations) > - let's say I can control the RPC calls, what do I do with all the > events? Can I control my application only to move on when all the necessary > events are done? > > > @Alfredo - if not gwt-rpc, then what? > > Cheers, > Timea > > On 11 June 2013 21:30, Alfredo Quiroga <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And since the last sentence of the original post if my memory serves me >> right mentions is for a mobile app I would strongly recommend not to use >> gwt-rpc in this case. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jun 11, 2013, at 3:24 PM, Jens <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you have multiple independent RPC requests and you want to update the >> GUI after all these RPC requests are done, then you could check a number of >> boolean variables (one per RPC request) to see if all of them are true ( = >> RPC is done), e.g. >> >> server.rpcMethod1(Callback() { >> onSuccess() { >> rpcMethod1Done = true; >> maybeUpdateUI(); >> } >> }); >> >> server.rpcMethod2(Callback() { >> onSuccess() { >> rpcMethod2Done = true; >> maybeUpdateUI(); >> } >> }); >> >> private void maybeUpdateUI() { >> if(allRpcDone()) { //check all boolean variables. >> //... update ui >> } >> } >> >> But as you have a mobile application its probably better to batch your >> requests, so that your app, as a rule of thumb, only does one request per >> screen. This saves a lot of network overhead. In this case a command >> pattern might be useful, as it allows for easy BatchCommands, e.g. >> >> BatchCommand bc = new BatchCommand(); >> bc.add(new DoStuff1Command()); >> bc.add(new DoStuff2Command()); >> >> server.execute(bc, Calllback<BatchCommandResult>() { >> //in onSuccess iterate over all individual command results contained in >> the BatchCommandResult and finally update your UI. >> } >> >> >> >> Otherwise, if you just have a single RPC request somewhere and you make >> that RPC request because of an event you probably just need an >> XyzLoadedEvent, e.g. ScoreBoardRequestEvent and ScoreBoardLoadedEvent, just >> like Joseph has already explained. >> >> -- J. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/google-web-toolkit/eZLxnlpixL0/unsubscribe?hl=en >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Alfredo Quiroga-Villamil AOL/Yahoo/Gmail/MSN IM: lawwton -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
