You might consider creating the HTML on your server via XSL. You transform the XML to HTML code either on the server or on the client. Your call.
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Thomas Dvornik <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply! > > I don't think UIBinder is quite what I'm looking for. The XML has to > validate against a RelaxNG definition. Also, after a lab gets parsed > into a structure, it gets stored in a database, and uses that data to > create the views. The data also gets used in other ways than just UI. > > I can't seem to get your other suggestion working, if I understood > correctly. Here is my attempt assuming I want a button wrapped in a > <b> tag. > > public class MyButton extends Button { > private final Element e = (Element) > Document.get().createElement("b"); > > public MyButton(String name) { > super(name); > } > > @Override > public Element getElement() { > return e; > } > } > > Then add it, > > MyButton button = new MyButton("Run"); > RootPanel.get("myButtonContainer").add(button); > > And it produces > > <b tabindex="0"></b> > > A normal button produces > > <button type="button" class="gwt-Button">Run</button> > > I also tried the approach from > http://osdir.com/ml/GoogleWebToolkit/2009-05/msg01379.html > with no luck, although same concept. > > Thanks, > > Tom > > > On Jul 23, 12:58 am, cokol <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi, so what you want is actually NOT that user-written XML directly is > > injected into the DOM, rather you're about to create an own UiBinder? > > So, if someone writes the code > > > > <b><lab:button name="Run Me" evaluate="MyEvaluator"/></b> > > > > you want to map the <lab:button/> element to the GWT-Button widget, > > right? - start using UiBinder :-) > > if you want to handle it absolutely dynamically, so - <lab:button/> > > would really cause a DOM.addWidget(new Button()) then you have to > > extend all of GWT widgets you want to support and override the > > getElement() method - this would be the DOM element the widget appends > > its own code to. So you can control it then > > > > On 23 Jul., 00:16, Thomas Dvornik <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > I'm creating an application that parses XML. After parsing, the > > > corresponding widgets gets created and added to the page. To provide > > > more customization, a user can include XHTML tags for formatting. > > > These tags should go directly to the page in the spot they were > > > specified. For example, lets say I have a "button" tag and the user > > > writes: > > > > > <b> <lab:button name="Run Me" evaluate="MyEvaluator"> </b> > > > > > the HTML should look something like > > > > > <b> <GWT button widget code> </b> > > > > > My first attempt was to do the following. > > > > > dBox.add(new HTML("<"+tagName+">")); > > > dBox.add(button); > > > dBox.add(new HTML("</"+tagName+">")); > > > > > GWT, in the case where the tagName is "b", produces > > > > > <div class="GWT-html"> <b></b> <div> > > > <GWT button widget code> > > > > > Since then, I also tried overwriting methods and classes, turning > > > everything into HTML then adding one HTML widget, and some other > > > unsuccessful approaches. I don't want to write the GWT button code by > > > hand, because that defeats the purpose of using GWT. Plus I am using a > > > lot more widgets then just buttons. > > > > > Does anyone know a solution to this problem or can get me pointed in > > > the right direction. It seems the simplest solution is to stop GWT > > > from creating the additional div tag. Ideally, the solution would also > > > work for SmartGWT, although I'll take anything at this point. > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > Tom > > -- > 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]<google-web-toolkit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- 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.
