to use the dataFIeldName, you have to return something like:
{
"state" : [
["Alabama","AL"],
["Alaska","AK"]
]
}
if you are using 2.1 check this link:
http://cwiki.apache.org/WW/ajax-and-javascript-recipes.html#AjaxandJavaScriptRecipes-Autocompleter
otherwise just an array of arrays should do:
[
["Alabama", "AL"],
["Alaska", "AK"]
]
musachy
On Feb 4, 2008 2:46 PM, Griffith, Michael *
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Musachy
>
> Here is the autocompleter tag and the JSON returned...
>
> <s:label name="text" value="Search for Question Text:" />
> <s:url id="search" namespace="/search"
> value="/search/searchByText.action"/>
> <s:autocompleter theme="ajax" href="%{search}"
> name="text"
> dataFieldName="text"
> loadOnTextChange="true"
> indicator="indicator"
> dropdownHeight="300"
> cssStyle="width: 200px;"
> searchType="substring"
> autoComplete="false"
> showDownArrow="false"
> loadMinimumCount="3"/>
> <img id="indicator"
> src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}/images/indicator.gif"
> alt="Loading..." style="display:none"/>
>
>
> [JSON][{"id":420,"questionType":{"declaringClass":"class
> gov.hhs.fda.datacall.model.QuestionType"},"text":"Is your Java
> Application a ME, SE or EE
> application?"},{"id":440,"questionType":{"declaringClass":"class
> gov.hhs.fda.datacall.model.QuestionType"},"text":"If your Java
> Application is an SE application does it use Java Web
> Start?"},{"id":450,"questionType":{"declaringClass":"class
> gov.hhs.fda.datacall.model.QuestionType"},"text":"If your Java
> Application is a Java Web Application, list the application server used
> for production"},{"id":490,"questionType":{"declaringClass":"class
> gov.hhs.fda.datacall.model.QuestionType"},"text":"List any Java Web
> Services Technologies
> Used"},{"id":500,"questionType":{"declaringClass":"class
> gov.hhs.fda.datacall.model.QuestionType"},"text":"List any Java Web
> Application Technologies Used for
> presentation"},{"id":510,"questionType":{"declaringClass":"class
> gov.hhs.fda.datacall.model.QuestionType"},"text":"List any Java EE
> Technologies used in your application"}]
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Musachy Barroso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:22 PM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: AjaxTag 1.3 support?
>
> funny thing is that now I remember the code(duh!), it is in the struts
> widget. It seems like the json is empty. Paste the section of your jsp
> with the autocompleter and the json that your action is returning.
>
> regards
> musachy
>
> On Feb 4, 2008 2:16 PM, Griffith, Michael *
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Jeromy,
> >
> > Thanks for your help. I was able to finally get the autocompleter to
> > work with the example you provided.
> >
> > Strange behavior -- I can only get the autocompleter to work if the
> list
> > (array) is of the type String. If I try to return an array of my
> Entity
> > objects, or a Map I get the dojo error:
> >
> > FATAL exception raised: TypeError: Value undefined (result of
> expression
> > this.data[x][0].toLowerCase) is not object.
> >
> > I tried specifying the attribute dataField on the autocompleter, and
> it
> > didn't work either.
> >
> > I should be able to serialize the entity objects right? The JSON that
> > was passed back to the browser looked like it serialized my objects
> just
> > fine.
> >
> > Again, thanks to all the people who replied to my question.
> >
> > MG
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Hodgins, Grant [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 12:31 PM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: RE: AjaxTag 1.3 support?
> >
> > Thanks for the insight Jeremy.
> >
> > I totally agree that writing to the response is not an elegant
> solution.
> > But sometimes we choose quick solutions that work when a project
> > deadline looms.
> >
> > The reason I initially chose AjaxTags was that the example for the
> > autocompleter combo in Struts Showcase didn't work in IE6(the last
> one):
> > http://www.planetstruts.org/struts2-showcase/ajax/autocompleter/
> >
> > Grant
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Jeromy Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Fri 2/1/2008 4:35 PM
> > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: AjaxTag 1.3 support?
> >
> >
> >
> > My 2c:
> > I think this is a bad solution and shouldn't be encouraged. It's
> > marginally better than writing a custom servlet.
> >
> > Struts2 ResultTypes [1] are designed specifically for controlling the
> > type and content of results from actions to separate the view from the
> > model, even if the "view" is XML data. Accessing the response and
> > writing to it directly isn't necessary except in the rarest of cases.
> >
> > For Ajax/JS libraries that use JSON, the JSON Plugin (JSON ResultType)
> > [2] will serialize your action into JSON automatically
> > The XSL ResultType will serialize your action into XML if you provide
> a
> > stylesheet [3]
> > The REST plugin includes code to serialize your action into XML using
> > Xstream. [4]
> >
> > My point is, your action can setup a model (eg. a javabean matching
> the
> > model expected by AjaxTag), and the ResultType can serialize it to the
> > output stream. In this case I'd create a custom result type using
> > XStream, but you could also use a XML template in a Tile, or have a
> > ResultType that accesses the instance created by AjaxXMLBuilder.
> >
> > [1] http://struts.apache.org/2.0.11/docs/result-types.html
> > [2] http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/json-plugin.html
> > [3] http://struts.apache.org/2.0.11/docs/xsl-result.html
> > [4] http://xstream.codehaus.org/
> > [5] http://struts.apache.org/2.0.11/docs/result-configuration.html
> >
> > regards
> > Jeromy Evans
> >
> > Hodgins, Grant wrote:
> > > I was able to get the AjaxTags stuff working (with Tiles2 although I
> > don't think that matters at all).
> > >
> > > As Dave said, your action should return null since you want the
> action
> > to return XML in the response.
> > >
> > > Instead, in addition to returning a null result, I simply wrote the
> > xml to the response:
> > >
> > > AjaxXmlBuilder xml = new AjaxXmlBuilder();
> > >
> > > ... build your xml response ...
> > >
> > > response.setContentType("text/xml; charset=iso-8859-1");
> > > response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store, max-age=0, no-cache,
> > must-revalidate");
> > > response.addHeader("Cache-Control", "post-check=0, pre-check=0");
> > > response.setHeader("Pragma", "no-cache");
> > >
> > > PrintWriter pw = response.getWriter();
> > > pw.write(xml.toString());
> > > pw.close();
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Grant
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: Griffith, Michael * [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Fri 2/1/2008 3:48 PM
> > > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > > Subject: RE: AjaxTag 1.3 support?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Dave,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. I guess I should have said freemarker instead
> of
> > > sitemesh...? At any rate, when the docs don't match the release,
> it's
> > a
> > > bad thing.
> > >
> > > I shouldn't need to do any of this should I? Can you point me at a
> > > simple, minimalist example of the <s:autocompleter> tag?
> > >
> > > mg
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dave Newton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:42 PM
> > > To: Struts Users Mailing List
> > > Subject: Re: AjaxTag 1.3 support?
> > >
> > > --- "Griffith, Michael *" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> 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");
> > >>
> > >> 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>
> > >>
> > >
> > > If you're writing directly to the stream I doubt you'd even want to
> > > return
> > > anything other than a null from the action, no? What is the
> > > "question.panel"
> > > tile?
> > >
> > >
> > >> 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.
> > >>
> > >
> > > SiteMesh? The Ajax implementation isn't tied to SiteMesh at all.
> > >
> > > Dated? Much of the S2 Ajax documentation is for S2.1, which isn't
> even
> > > released yet. If anything, it's pre-dated.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
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