yes, but the output will depend on what you feed the JSON result. musachy
On Feb 4, 2008 3:20 PM, Griffith, Michael * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Musachy, > > I must have missed your point. Isn't the idea of using the JSON plug-in > so you don't have to iterate and create the list? If I have an array or > Entity objects or maps, isn't there a way that the plug-in will create > the JSON specified below? > > MG > > -----Original Message----- > From: Musachy Barroso [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:56 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: AjaxTag 1.3 support? > > > 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#AjaxandJavaS > criptRecipes-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. 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