OK...I'm getting there! I got the idea: loadOnTextChange.
so I ended up with this JSP:
<s:url id="json" value="/groupManagement_potentialList.do" />
<s:autocompleter href="%{json}" loadOnTextChange="true"
loadMinimumCount="1" showDownArrow="true" name="userKeys" theme="ajax"
autoComplete="true"/>
BUT where is the list?!?!?!
I can invoke a method, but how does the statement above knows which list to
use?!
And what should the potentialList method return?
THANKS for any pointers!
newton.dave wrote:
>
> No CC. Just list. I don't need two copies of all list traffic.
>
>
> --- On Fri, 6/13/08, Onur Idrisoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> From: Onur Idrisoglu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: Re: struts2: how to read the 'potenrial list' from a database
>> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <user@struts.apache.org>,
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 10:09 AM
>> I'm not sure if you can do that with autocompleter..
>> Autocompleter need the whole list at startup, but as I
>> understand you want
>> to shape this list dynamically according to what user
>> types. Each time user
>> types a character, the action will create a new list...
>>
>> Maybe you can use DWR to do this
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Dave Newton
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > --- On Fri, 6/13/08, srichin
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > > I want the objects id to be the value of the
>> option and
>> > > code to bethe label to be shown in the
>> autocompleter dropdown options.
>> > >
>> > > I should be shown codes as select options in the
>> dropdown and when I
>> > > select any of the code, the corresponding id
>> should go as the
>> > > value that has been selected
>> > >
>> > > Pointers on this would be of great help
>> >
>> > I understand what you're trying to do, I don't
>> understand what specific
>> > aspect you're having a problem with. You said you
>> implemented the action
>> > with a hard-coded list. An action that uses a database
>> instead is almost
>> > exactly the same, but it accesses a database instead
>> of using a hard-coded
>> > list.
>> >
>> > The Struts 2.0 autocompleter docs [1] summarize the
>> usage of the tag; the
>> > action will be called with the current value in the
>> text box. You use that
>> > partial value to do a database search (or filter an
>> existing list, or
>> > however you'll implement that part).
>> >
>> > Dave
>> >
>> > [1]
>> >
>> http://struts.apache.org/2.0.11/docs/ajax-tags.html#AjaxTags-autocompleterTag
>> >
>> > > newton.dave wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Search a database of city names?
>> > > >
>> > > > I'm not sure what you're asking.
>> > > >
>> > > > --- On Thu, 6/12/08, xianwinwin
>> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > >>> I have a list of 20,000 cities; I would
>> like the
>> > >>> user to provide at least 2 chars and then
>> present him a'potential
>> > > list'.
>> > > >>
>> > > >> I managed to do this:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> JSP
>> > > >>
>> > > >> <s:autocompleter
>> theme="simple"
>> > > >> list="state"
>> > > name="StateName"/>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Java:
>> > > >>
>> > > >> public class autocompleter extends
>> ActionSupport
>> > > >> {
>> > > >> private List state;
>> > > >> public String execute() throws
>> Exception{
>> > > >> state = new ArrayList();
>> > > >> state.add("Bonn");
>> > > >> state.add("Paris");
>> > > >> .
>> > > >> .
>> > > >> .
>> > > >>
>> > > >> return SUCCESS;
>> > > >> }
>> > > >>
>> > > >> public List getState(){
>> > > >> return state;
>> > > >> }
>> > > >> }
>> > > >>
>> > > >> as you can see, the autocompliter is
>> based on the
>> > > >> 'state' I initially
>> > > >> provided. But what if the list is
>> huge???
>> > > >>
>> > > >> Q: How can I invoke an action once the
>> user types
>> > > a letter
>> > > >> (str) and the
>> > > >> string gets to the invoked-method (based
>> on the
>> > > str the
>> > > >> method will invoke
>> > > >> the appropriate list)
>> > > >>
>> > > >> thank you!!!
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