Hi Ryan, The proxy you get from RequestContext.create() won't be updated automatically. Your persist method should return the newly persisted object from the server.
Does that help? /dmc On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 8:51 PM, Ryan McFall <mcfall.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks David, for confirming my suspicions. > > I've got this working now so that immediately after I > RequestContext.create my proxy, I call a method on the server to > persist it. > > In side that server method, I refresh the state of the object after > saving it, because a database trigger populates some tables associated > with the object when it is first created. On the server side, I see > those fields being assigned values in my debugger after the refresh. > I do update the version number field for the object on the server in > my service method. > > However, on the client side, the proxy returned by > RequestContext.create does not have those new values; the collection > containing them is still null, as it was before I persisted the > object. > > I have some ideas on how to fix this, but I'd love to hear suggestions > on the best way to do it. I feel like the client-side event bus stuff > could be involved here, but honestly I don't know much about how that > works - where is a good place to look for docs (the getting started > with RequestFactory guide doesn't really talk about it). > > Ryan > > > On Jun 23, 4:07 pm, David Chandler <drfibona...@google.com> wrote: > > Ryan, you're correct. Nothing on the server gets called until you fire() > the > > request, so your default properties won't be immediately available on the > > client, unfortunately. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Ryan McFall <mcfall.r...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Are you referring to the create method on the client (in my > > > RequestContext sublcass), or the create method in the Locator (which I > > > believe would be run on the server)? > > > > > I think you're referring to the client-side create method; my question > > > about create is mostly what the server-side version is used for. > > > > > The context of the question is this: I have a Boolean property for my > > > domain object. If I RequestContext.create a proxy and then try to > > > access the Boolean, I get null. My domain object sets this property > > > to a default value in its constructor, but the constructor is not > > > called if all I do on the client is RequestContext.create the proxy. > > > I was hoping to be able to write default values for properties in a > > > single place. The domain object on the server seems to be the most > > > logical place. Currently it seems that I need to save the new proxy > > > on the server after RequestContext.create'ing the proxy for this to > > > happen. > > > > > Ryan > > > > > On Jun 23, 3:36 pm, Kevin Anderson <kev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The purpose of the create method is to associate a request context > with > > > the > > > > newly created object. It has to be done through the RequestContext so > > > that > > > > it can be managed and all the goodies that come with request factory > can > > > be > > > > enforced. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > > > -- > > David Chandler > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google Web Toolkit > > w:http://code.google.com/ > > b:http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/ > > t: @googledevtools > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Web Toolkit" group. > To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. > > -- David Chandler Developer Programs Engineer, Google Web Toolkit w: http://code.google.com/ b: http://googlewebtoolkit.blogspot.com/ t: @googledevtools -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.
