Ah ok, then you need backend service to do that. You can wired it from common container by setting config param osapi.container.ContainerConfig.SET_PREFERENCES that should make call to your backend server.
Hope this help - Henry On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Martin Hoeller <mar...@xss.co.at> wrote: > Hi Henry! > > Actually I don't know. I want the user to be able to configure a gadget > (using the <UserPref> section in the gadget's XML specification). And I > want those settings to be persisted somehow. > > We already have a database for our application, so ideally there would be > some mechanism to plugin in and communicate the preferences with shindig. > > > I found some older threads on the mailinglist mentioning "services" but > some of the mentioned classes do no exist any more and I'm afraid I'd be > using old/deprecated APIs again (like I did with the container). So could > you please tell me the preferred way for doing this in shindig 2.5 > (beta-4). > > Many thanks, > - martin > > On 15 Nov 2012, Henry Saputra wrote: > > > Hi Martin, are you trying to push user preference dynamically when > opening > > a gadget? > > > > Otherwise you can set user pref via gadget.xml in the <UserPref> section. > > > > And thanks for working on the archetype to use the common container, > really > > appreciate it > > > > - Henry > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:13 AM, Martin Hoeller <mar...@xss.co.at> > wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > Finally I managed to use CommonContainer for rendering my gadgets (I'll > > > try to update the archetype and send a patch once I've cleaned up the > > > code). What I'd like to do next is find a way how to get the UserPrefs > > > from shindig and how to provide them to shindig. > > > > > > I already found RenderParam.USER_PREFS. Is this the way to provide > > > parameters for a gadget? What object should I pass? > > > > > > I also found ContainerConfig.GET_PREFERENCES. Can a method be specified > > > to provide UserPrefs? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for your help, > > > - martin >
