We have a requirement to implement a progress bar for long-running server operations. We can't use the code at https://github.com/wicketstuff/core/wiki/Progressbar, because it doesn't meet our corporate user interface look-and-feel standards.
So, we started our own implementation. Our test page contains these methods below (the TestExecutor below class implements Callable<ExecutorResult>). //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- private Component createButton() { return new AjaxButton("start-button") { private static final long serialVersionUID = -1; @Override protected void onSubmit(final AjaxRequestTarget ajax, final Form<?> form) { final ExecutorService service = Executors. newSingleThreadExecutor(); try { final ProgressBarTestPage page = ProgressBarTestPage.this; final TransactionData data = new TransactionData (page.getId(), false); final TestExecutor executor = new TestExecutor(data, getPermissions()); executor.addListener(page); // Request notification when done future = service.submit(executor); // Begin execution progressBarUpdater.start(ajax, executor); // Start polling for progress } catch (final Exception ex) { throw new RuntimeException(ex); } service.shutdown(); // Terminate gracefully (VM probably } // won't exit if we fail to do this) }; } //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /** Observer Pattern method to let us know when the task is done so we can check how things went. */ @Override public void executionComplete(final EnmCallableExecutor executor) { try { if (!future.isCancelled()) { // Unless execution was canceled final ExecutorResult result = future.get(); // Get the outcome System.out.println(result); /* * TODO: Show success or error message */ } } catch (final Exception ex) { ex.printStackTrace(); } } The ProgessBarUpdater class has this method: //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * Displays the progress bar & begins the polling. We don't start the polling until * explicitly told to do, for efficiency purposes. * @param ajax The Ajax request wrapper. * @param reporter The object to query for progress data. */ public void start(final AjaxRequestTarget ajax, final ProgressReporter reporter) { add(new AjaxSelfUpdatingTimerBehavior(Duration.seconds(2)) { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; @Override protected void onPostProcessTarget(final AjaxRequestTarget ajax) { final Progress progress = reporter.getProgress(); final String script = // Build script to update ProgressScript.build(progress); // progress bar ajax.appendJavascript(script); if (progress == null) { // If operation is finished final ProgressBarUpdater updater = ProgressBarUpdater.this; updater.remove(this); // Stop timer to prevent ajax.addComponent(updater); // pointless polling } } }); ajax.addComponent(this); } The page also contains a Future object so we can check the result after the thread finishes: private Future<ExecutorResult> future; __________________________________________ Having said all that, here's the problem: When I click the page's button, Wicket throws this error: Unable to serialize class: java.util.concurrent.FutureTask The FutureTask object, I believe, is coming from the service.submit call whose return value we store in our Future variable. Does anyone know how to get around this roadblock? ** This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and/or privileged for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any use, review, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance by others, and any forwarding of this email or its contents, without the express permission of the sender is strictly prohibited by law. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately, delete the e-mail and destroy all copies. **