Grid BeanModel (1)

We can take more control of the Grid when we provide the BeanModel ourselves. It is a model that defines how data will be mapped into the grid. It does not contain the data.
IdFirst NameSurnameStart DateAction
1 Acme2 456 Jun 19, 1952 View
3 uyuy2 km Feb 28, 2007 View
5 87888Poop De scoop Jul 7, 2007 View
4 yuno 3clover Feb 12, 2008 View
To see manipulation of the BeanModel by a mixin, go to the Creating Mixins example.

References: Grid, Customizing the BeanModel, Providing the BeanModel, BeanModelSource, BeanModel, PropertyModel.

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The source for IPersonFinderServiceLocal and @EJB is shown in the Session Beans and @EJB examples.


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<body class="container">
    <h3>Grid BeanModel (1)</h3>
    
    We can take more control of the Grid when we provide the BeanModel ourselves.  It is a model that defines how 
    data will be mapped into the grid.  It does not contain the data.

    <div class="eg">
        <t:grid source="persons" row="person" model="mymodel" rowsPerPage="4" pagerPosition="top">
            <p:actionCell>
                <t:pagelink page="examples/tables/GridBeanModel2" context="person.firstName">View</t:pagelink>
            </p:actionCell>
        </t:grid>
     </div>

    To see manipulation of the BeanModel by a mixin, go to the Creating Mixins example.<br/><br/>

    References: 
    <a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/5.4/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/corelib/components/Grid.html">Grid</a>, 
    <a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/beaneditform-guide.html#BeanEditFormGuide-CustomizingtheBeanModel">Customizing the BeanModel</a>, 
    <a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/beaneditform-guide.html#BeanEditFormGuide-ProvidingtheBeanModel">Providing the BeanModel</a>, 
    <a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/5.4/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/services/BeanModelSource.html">BeanModelSource</a>, 
    <a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/5.4/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/beaneditor/BeanModel.html">BeanModel</a>, 
    <a href="http://tapestry.apache.org/5.4/apidocs/org/apache/tapestry5/beaneditor/PropertyModel.html">PropertyModel</a>.<br/><br/>
    
    <t:pagelink page="Index">Home</t:pagelink><br/><br/>
    
    The source for IPersonFinderServiceLocal and @EJB is shown in the Session Beans and @EJB examples.<br/><br/>

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        <t:sourcecodetab src="/web/src/main/java/jumpstart/web/pages/examples/tables/GridBeanModel1.java"/>
        <t:sourcecodetab src="/web/src/main/resources/META-INF/assets/css/examples/plain.css"/>
        <t:sourcecodetab src="/business/src/main/java/jumpstart/business/domain/person/Person.java"/>
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package jumpstart.web.pages.examples.tables;

import java.util.List;

import javax.ejb.EJB;

import jumpstart.business.domain.person.Person;
import jumpstart.business.domain.person.iface.IPersonFinderServiceLocal;

import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Import;
import org.apache.tapestry5.annotations.Property;
import org.apache.tapestry5.beaneditor.BeanModel;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.Messages;
import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.Inject;
import org.apache.tapestry5.services.BeanModelSource;

@Import(stylesheet = "css/examples/plain.css")
public class GridBeanModel1 {
    static private final int MAX_RESULTS = 30;

    // Screen fields

    @Property
    private List<Person> persons;

    @Property
    private Person person;

    @Property
    private BeanModel<Person> myModel;

    // Generally useful bits and pieces

    @EJB
    private IPersonFinderServiceLocal personFinderService;

    @Inject
    private BeanModelSource beanModelSource;

    @Inject
    private Messages messages;

    // The code

    void setupRender() {

        myModel = beanModelSource.createDisplayModel(Person.class, messages);
        myModel.add("action", null);
        myModel.include("id", "firstName", "lastName", "startDate", "action");
        myModel.get("firstName").sortable(false);
        myModel.get("lastName").label("Surname");

        // Get all persons - ask business service to find them (from the database)
        persons = personFinderService.findPersons(MAX_RESULTS);
    }
}


.eg {
                margin: 20px 0;
                padding: 14px;
                border: 1px solid #ddd;
                border-radius: 6px;
                -webkit-border-radius: 6px;
                -mox-border-radius: 6px;
}


package jumpstart.business.domain.person;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.EnumType;
import javax.persistence.Enumerated;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.PrePersist;
import javax.persistence.PreUpdate;
import javax.persistence.Temporal;
import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
import javax.persistence.Version;
import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
import javax.validation.constraints.Size;


/**
 * The Person entity.
 */
@Entity
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class Person implements Serializable {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private Long id;

    @Version
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private Integer version;

    @Column(length = 10, nullable = false)
    @NotNull
    @Size(max = 10)
    private String firstName;

    @Column(length = 10, nullable = false)
    @NotNull
    @Size(max = 10)
    private String lastName;
    
    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
    @NotNull
    private Regions region;

    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    @NotNull
    private Date startDate;

    public String toString() {
        final String DIVIDER = ", ";
        
        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
        buf.append(this.getClass().getSimpleName() + ": ");
        buf.append("[");
        buf.append("id=" + id + DIVIDER);
        buf.append("version=" + version + DIVIDER);
        buf.append("firstName=" + firstName + DIVIDER);
        buf.append("lastName=" + lastName + DIVIDER);
        buf.append("region=" + region + DIVIDER);
        buf.append("startDate=" + startDate);
        buf.append("]");
        return buf.toString();
    }

    // Default constructor is required by JPA.
    public Person() {
    }

    public Person(String firstName, String lastName, Regions region, Date startDate) {
        super();
        this.firstName = firstName;
        this.lastName = lastName;
        this.region = region;
        this.startDate = startDate;
    }

    // The need for an equals() method is discussed at http://www.hibernate.org/109.html
    
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
        return (obj == this) || (obj instanceof Person) && id != null && id.equals(((Person) obj).getId());
    }

    // The need for a hashCode() method is discussed at http://www.hibernate.org/109.html

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return id == null ? super.hashCode() : id.hashCode();
    }

    @PrePersist
    @PreUpdate
    public void validate() throws ValidationException {

    }

    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public Integer getVersion() {
        return version;
    }

    public void setVersion(Integer version) {
        this.version = version;
    }

    public String getFirstName() {
        return firstName;
    }

    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
        this.firstName = firstName;
    }

    public String getLastName() {
        return lastName;
    }

    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
        this.lastName = lastName;
    }

    public Regions getRegion() {
        return region;
    }

    public void setRegion(Regions region) {
        this.region = region;
    }

    public Date getStartDate() {
        return startDate;
    }

    public void setStartDate(Date startDate) {
        this.startDate = startDate;
    }

}