Hi all,
I can't seem to get a simple Ajax based look ahead search to work. I am
trying to use AjaxTags 1.3 (http://ajaxtags.sourceforge.net/) in my
Struts2 application. What is the correct response to return? I am also
using Tiles2.
If I write the response directly to the output stream, that's what
displays in my browser (obviously it's the response from the server) --
if I return the result, Struts complains that the mapping is not
correct.
Here's what I have:
My form looks like this:
<form>
Search Question Text: <input id="questionText" name="questionText"
type="text" size="30" class="form-autocomplete" />
</form>
<ajax:autocomplete
baseUrl="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/question/get-term.action"
source="questionText"
target="questionText"
parameters="qt={questionText}"
className="autocomplete"
indicator="throbbing"
minimumCharacters="1" />
My Action looks like this:
public class QuestionAction extends BaseAction implements
ModelDriven<Question>, Preparable, ServletRequestAware,
ServletResponseAware {
...
public String getSearchTerm() throws Exception{
System.out.println("**** Question Search Term:" + qt);
List<Question> results=
questionService.getQuestions(qt);
AjaxXmlBuilder builder= new AjaxXmlBuilder();
builder.addItems(results, "questionType", "text");
System.out.println("**** Question Search Result:" +
builder.toString());
response.setContentType("text/xml");
response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache");
ServletOutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
out.print(builder.toString());
out.close();
return SUCCESS;
}
My struts mapping:
<package name="question" extends="base-pkg"
namespace="/question">
<action name="get-term" method="getSearchTerm"
class="...QuestionAction">
<result name="success"
type="tiles">question.panel</result>
</action>
</package>
The struts 2 Ajax documentation seems manic and dated. It seems the S2
Ajax implementation is tied closely to sitemesh, which I am not using.
If anyone can help me get this going I would definitely be interested in
participating in the project updating the documentation.
Michael Griffith
Application Architect (Consultant)
Office of the Chief Information Officer
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Rockville, MD 20857
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