On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Rakesh Vidyadharan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 28 Oct 2010, at 16:12, ChadDavis wrote: > >> I'm working on a CMS based on Jackrabbit. The UI is a RIA, of sorts. >> The user is presented with a file tree structure. If they are at the >> root folder, then the tree is pretty big. I *need* to have the whole >> data model in order to build the file tree in the UI, but it's an >> obviously costly act. I'm now trying to determine my options for >> making this process more efficient. Here's a couple I've thought of, >> and I'm hoping that someone will provide some guidance. >> >> 1) I could load only a portion of the tree, then use Ajax techniques >> to lazy load the deeper folders in the tree as the user works through >> them > > I use this technique and have not had any issues. >
How much of the data model do you pull down on the first request? Do you wait for the user to click on a folder to get more? > Rakesh >
