Trim submitted value in Mojarra TextRenderer - jsf-2

We have many XHTML pages, each page has some <h:inputText>, <h:inputSecret>, etc.. input components.
I am trying to find out a generic way to trim all those values before form submission.
I implemented a TrimInputTextRenderer class,
XHTML page:
<h:inputText value="#{userBean.emailAddress}" trim="true">
<f:validator validatorId="emailAddressValidator"/>
</h:inputText>
TrimInputTextRenderer.java:
package com.vyan.web.component;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.component.UIInput;
import javax.faces.component.UIOutput;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.render.FacesRenderer;
import com.sun.faces.renderkit.html_basic.TextRenderer;
#FacesRenderer(componentFamily="javax.faces.Input", rendererType="javax.faces.Text")
public class TrimInputTextRenderer extends TextRenderer {
private void encodeBeginForChildren(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) {
if (component instanceof UIInput) {
component = (UIInput)component;
String componentValue = ((UIOutput)component).getValue().toString();
componentValue = (componentValue!=null)?componentValue.trim():componentValue;
((UIInput)component).setValue(componentValue);
}
// Encoding recursively all childrens.
if (component.isRendered() && component.getChildCount() > 0)
encodeBeginForChildrens(context, component.getChildren());
}
private void encodeBeginForChildrens(FacesContext context, List<UIComponent> children) {
for (UIComponent comp : children) {
if (comp instanceof UIInput) {
comp = (UIInput) comp;
((UIInput) comp).setValue(((UIInput) comp).getValue()
.toString().trim());
}
// Encoding recursively all childrens.
if (comp.isRendered() && comp.getChildCount() > 0)
encodeBeginForChildrens(context, comp.getChildren());
}
}
#Override
public void encodeBegin(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException {
String trimValue = (String) component.getAttributes().get("trim");
if (trimValue!= null && Boolean.valueOf(trimValue)) {
//super.write(string);
encodeBeginForChildren(context, component);
}
super.encodeBegin(context, component);
}
}
faces-config.xml:
<render-kit>
<renderer>
<component-family>javax.faces.Input</component-family>
<renderer-type>javax.faces.Text</renderer-type>
<renderer-class>com.vyan.web.component.TrimInputTextRenderer</renderer-class>
</renderer>
</render-kit>
The problem is, everything works fine, the custom renderer trims the values.
But we need the component values in validator & managed bean.
Those were getting executed before the method TrimInputTextRenderer#encodeBegin() method call.
So in validator & managed bean, we are getting non-trimmed values.
Is there a way it can be executed before validation phase,
or do i need to implement this logic some where?

This logic needs to be implemented in the decode() method or, easier, the setSubmittedValue().
#Override
public void setSubmittedValue(UIComponent component, Object value) {
if (value instanceof String) {
value = ((String) value).trim();
}
super.setSubmittedValue(component, value);
}
The easier and non-implementation-dependent alternative to this Mojarra-specific renderer extension was been a #FacesConverter(forClass=String), by the way.

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How to generate Dart code for annotations at fields?

I'm writing a code generator for Dart using the build_runner, but my builder is not being called for annotations at fields, although it does work for annotations at classes.
Is it possible to also call the generator for annotations at fields (or at any place for that matter)?
For example, the builder is called for the following file:
import 'package:my_annotation/my_annotation.dart';
part 'example.g.dart';
#MyAnnotation()
class Fruit {
int number;
}
But not for this one:
import 'package:my_annotation/my_annotation.dart';
part 'example.g.dart';
class Fruit {
#MyAnnotation()
int number;
}
Here's the definition of the annotation:
class MyAnnotation {
const MyAnnotation();
}
And this is how the generator is defined. For now, it just aborts whenever it's called, causing an error message to be printed.
library my_annotation_generator;
import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/element.dart';
import 'package:build/build.dart';
import 'package:my_annotation/my_annotation.dart';
import 'package:source_gen/source_gen.dart';
Builder generateAnnotation(BuilderOptions options) =>
SharedPartBuilder([MyAnnotationGenerator()], 'my_annotation');
class MyAnnotationGenerator extends GeneratorForAnnotation<MyAnnotation> {
#override
generateForAnnotatedElement(Element element, ConstantReader annotation, _) {
throw CodeGenError('Generating code for annotation is not implemented yet.');
}
Here's the build.yaml configuration:
targets:
$default:
builders:
my_annotation_generator|my_annotation:
enabled: true
builders:
my_annotation:
target: ":my_annotation_generator"
import: "package:my_annotation/my_annotation.dart"
builder_factories: ["generateAnnotation"]
build_extensions: { ".dart": [".my_annotation.g.part"] }
auto_apply: dependents
build_to: cache
applies_builders: ["source_gen|combining_builder"]
At least from my experience, your file 'example.dart' would need at least one annotation above the class definition to be parsed by GeneratorForAnnotation.
example.dart:
import 'package:my_annotation/my_annotation.dart';
part 'example.g.dart';
#MyAnnotation()
class Fruit {
#MyFieldAnnotation()
int number;
}
To access annotations above class fields or class methods you could use a visitor to "visit" each child element and extract the source code information.
For example, to get information about the class fields you could override the method visitFieldElement and then access any annotations using the getter: element.metadata.
builder.dart:
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/element.dart';
import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/visitor.dart';
import 'package:analyzer/dart/element/type.dart';
import 'package:build/src/builder/build_step.dart';
import 'package:source_gen/source_gen.dart';
import 'package:my_annotation/my_annotation.dart';
class MyAnnotationGenerator extends
GeneratorForAnnotation<MyAnnotation> {
#override
FutureOr<String> generateForAnnotatedElement(
Element element,
ConstantReader annotation,
BuildStep buildStep,){
return _generateSource(element);
}
String _generateSource(Element element) {
var visitor = ModelVisitor();
element.visitChildren(visitor);
return '''
// ${visitor.className}
// ${visitor.fields}
// ${visitor.metaData}
''';
}
}
class ModelVisitor extends SimpleElementVisitor {
DartType className;
Map<String, DartType> fields = {};
Map<String, dynamic> metaData = {};
#override
visitConstructorElement(ConstructorElement element) {
className = element.type.returnType;
}
#override
visitFieldElement(FieldElement element) {
fields[element.name] = element.type;
metaData[element.name] = element.metadata;
}
}
Note: In this example, _generateSource returns a commented statement. Without comments you would need to return well-formed dart source code, otherwise, the builder will terminate with an error.
For more information see:
Source Generation and Writing Your Own Package (The Boring Flutter Development Show, Ep. 22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYDFOdl-aWM&t=459s
The built-in GeneratorForAnnotation uses the LibraryElement's annotatedWith(...) method, which only checks for top-level annotations.
To also detect annotations on fields, you'll need to write something custom.
Here's the Generator I wrote for my project:
abstract class GeneratorForAnnotatedField<AnnotationType> extends Generator {
/// Returns the annotation of type [AnnotationType] of the given [element],
/// or [null] if it doesn't have any.
DartObject getAnnotation(Element element) {
final annotations =
TypeChecker.fromRuntime(AnnotationType).annotationsOf(element);
if (annotations.isEmpty) {
return null;
}
if (annotations.length > 1) {
throw Exception(
"You tried to add multiple #$AnnotationType() annotations to the "
"same element (${element.name}), but that's not possible.");
}
return annotations.single;
}
#override
String generate(LibraryReader library, BuildStep buildStep) {
final values = <String>{};
for (final element in library.allElements) {
if (element is ClassElement && !element.isEnum) {
for (final field in element.fields) {
final annotation = getAnnotation(field);
if (annotation != null) {
values.add(generateForAnnotatedField(
field,
ConstantReader(annotation),
));
}
}
}
}
return values.join('\n\n');
}
String generateForAnnotatedField(
FieldElement field, ConstantReader annotation);
}
I had a very similar issue trying to target specific methods within my annotated classes. Inspired by your answers I slightly modified the class annotation model_visitor to check the method annotation before selecting elements.
class ClassAnnotationModelVisitor extends SimpleElementVisitor<dynamic> {
String className;
Map<String, String> methods = <String, String>{};
Map<String, String> parameters = <String, String>{};
#override
dynamic visitConstructorElement(ConstructorElement element) {
final elementReturnType = element.type.returnType.toString();
className = elementReturnType.replaceFirst('*', '');
}
#override
dynamic visitMethodElement(MethodElement element) {
if (methodHasAnnotation(MethodAnnotation, element)) {
final functionReturnType = element.type.returnType.toString();
methods[element.name] = functionReturnType.replaceFirst('*', '');
parameters[element.name] = element.parameters.map((e) => e.name).join(' ,');
}
}
bool methodHasAnnotation(Type annotationType, MethodElement element) {
final annotations = TypeChecker.fromRuntime(annotationType).annotationsOf(element);
return !annotations.isEmpty;
}
}
Then, I can use the basic GeneratorForAnnotation class and generate for class and methodsArray.

Micronaut - Get Running environment name in the view

I have a small Micronaut application with a view layer (thymeleaf). Now I want to integrate Google Analytics or some other tracking tool. Of course this should be just loaded in production mode but how can I do a check for the environment in the view layer?
I start the application in the following way:
java -Dmicronaut.environments=prod -jar mywebsite.jar
You can inject the io.micronaut.context.env.Environment and pass the result of getActiveNames() as part of your view model
EDIT:
If you want to add this data to each model without touching each controller method you can add a server filter that happens before the view filter to manipulate the response, or create a piece of around advice that can manipulate the return value of the controller.
Another approach to solving this problem is to utilise #Replaces annotation to override ThymeleafViewsRenderer class and add common data in your class.
import io.micronaut.context.annotation.Replaces
import io.micronaut.context.env.Environment
import io.micronaut.core.beans.BeanMap
import io.micronaut.core.io.Writable
import io.micronaut.core.io.scan.ClassPathResourceLoader
import io.micronaut.core.util.ArgumentUtils
import io.micronaut.http.HttpRequest
import io.micronaut.views.exceptions.ViewRenderingException
import io.micronaut.views.thymeleaf.ThymeleafViewsRenderer
import io.micronaut.views.thymeleaf.WebContext
import org.thymeleaf.TemplateEngine
import org.thymeleaf.context.Context
import org.thymeleaf.context.IContext
import org.thymeleaf.exceptions.TemplateEngineException
import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.AbstractConfigurableTemplateResolver
import javax.annotation.Nonnull
import javax.annotation.Nullable
import javax.inject.Inject
import javax.inject.Singleton
#Singleton
#Replaces(bean = ThymeleafViewsRenderer.class)
class CustomThymeleafFilter extends ThymeleafViewsRenderer {
CustomThymeleafFilter(AbstractConfigurableTemplateResolver templateResolver, TemplateEngine templateEngine, ClassPathResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
super(templateResolver, templateEngine, resourceLoader)
}
#Inject
Environment environment
#Override
#Nonnull
public Writable render(#Nonnull String viewName, #Nullable Object data) {
ArgumentUtils.requireNonNull("viewName", viewName);
return (writer) -> {
//following block adds environments variable to model
Map dataMap = variables(data)
dataMap.put("environment", environment.activeNames)
IContext context = new Context(Locale.US, dataMap);
processView(viewName, writer, context);
};
}
#Override
#Nonnull
public Writable render(#Nonnull String viewName, #Nullable Object data,
#Nonnull HttpRequest<?> request) {
ArgumentUtils.requireNonNull("viewName", viewName);
ArgumentUtils.requireNonNull("request", request);
return (writer) -> {
//following block adds environments variable to model
Map dataMap = variables(data)
dataMap.put("environment", environment.activeNames)
IContext context = new WebContext(request, Locale.US, dataMap);
processView(viewName, writer, context);
};
}
private static Map<String, Object> variables(#Nullable Object data) {
if (data == null) {
return new HashMap<>();
}
if (data instanceof Map) {
return (Map<String, Object>) data;
} else {
return BeanMap.of(data);
}
}
private void processView(String viewName, Writer writer, IContext context) {
try {
engine.process(viewName, context, writer);
} catch (TemplateEngineException e) {
throw new ViewRenderingException("Error rendering Thymeleaf view [" + viewName + "]: " + e.getMessage(), e);
}
}
}

JavaFx: binding of a ObjectProperty<Integer> with a ObjectProperty<Unit>

I have a scene with a NumberSpinner element and a ComboBox element and I want to bind the minValue property of the NumberSpinner element with the valueProperty of the ComboBox element. Some code:
#FXML
private NumberSpinner aNumberSpinner;
#FXML
private ComboBox<Unit> aComboBox;
where Unit is an enum:
public enum Unit {
mm,
degree
}
What I want is that when I choose degree Unit in aComboBox the minValueProperty() of aNumberSpinner become 10. How can I achieve it?
As suggested by Kleopatra in comments it is best if the unit knows its own minimum.
Preferred solution - no binding
My preferred solution for this wouldn't use a binding at all.
A listener on the combobox value can easily set the minimum value of your spinner object directly to the appropriate value by querying the minimum value from the unit newly selected in the combo box.
Sometimes it is possible to be a bit too tricky with bindings...
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class UnitMinimums extends Application {
private enum Unit {
mm(0), degree(10);
private final int minValue;
private Unit(int minValue) {
this.minValue = minValue;
}
public int getMinValue() {
return minValue;
}
}
private Slider slider = new Slider(0, 20, 0);
private ComboBox<Unit> combo = new ComboBox<>(
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
Unit.values()
)
);
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
combo.valueProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) ->
slider.setMin(newValue.getMinValue())
);
slider.setShowTickMarks(true);
slider.setShowTickLabels(true);
VBox layout = new VBox(5, slider, combo);
layout.setPadding(new Insets(10));
VBox.setVgrow(combo, Priority.ALWAYS);
combo.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
combo.getSelectionModel().select(0);
stage.setScene(new Scene(layout));
stage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
Pure Binding Solution
If you did want a pure binding solution, you could do something like below, but it has the disadvantage of scattering the information specific to the minimum value of the unit (which is intrinsic to the enum) all around the code if you started writing code like this a lot.
Use Bindings.when:
Bindings.when(
combo.valueProperty().isEqualTo(Unit.degree)
).then(10)
.otherwise(0)
Executable Sample
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.*;
import javafx.scene.layout.*;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class BoundMinimums extends Application {
private enum Unit { mm, degree }
private Slider slider = new Slider(0, 20, 0);
private ComboBox<Unit> combo = new ComboBox<>(
FXCollections.observableArrayList(
Unit.values()
)
);
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
slider.minProperty().bind(
Bindings.when(
combo.valueProperty().isEqualTo(Unit.degree)
).then(10)
.otherwise(0)
);
slider.setShowTickMarks(true);
slider.setShowTickLabels(true);
VBox layout = new VBox(5, slider, combo);
layout.setPadding(new Insets(10));
VBox.setVgrow(combo, Priority.ALWAYS);
combo.setMaxWidth(Double.MAX_VALUE);
stage.setScene(new Scene(layout));
stage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}
On datatype conversion
This gets a little complicated and non-obvious for me (which is another reason to sometimes prefer listeners and straight setters over binding), but I think you can do something like below, which coverts the DoubleProperty slider.minProperty() to an ObjectProperty<Integer>:
ObjectProperty<Integer> op = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(5);
op.bind(
IntegerExpression.integerExpression(
slider.minProperty()
).asObject()
);
Putting it together with the unit conversion, you get the following, which maybe even does what you want:
ObjectProperty<Integer> op = new SimpleObjectProperty<>(5);
op.bind(
IntegerExpression.integerExpression(
Bindings.when(
combo.valueProperty().isEqualTo(Unit.degree)
).then(10)
.otherwise(0)
).asObject()
);

JSF 2.X UI Component use of ValueExpression

I am trying to build a simple component to understand how and why JSF 2.X works the way it does. I have been using the newer annotations and have been trying to piece together a clear example.
So I have built my component and deployed it in a xhtml file as follows:
<kal:day value="K.Day" title="Kalendar" model="#{kalendarDay}"/>
The within the UIComponent I do the following:
ValueExpression ve = getValueExpression("model");
if (ve != null)
{
System.out.println("model expression "+ve.getExpressionString());
model = (KalendarDay) ve.getValue(getFacesContext().getELContext());
System.out.println("model "+model);
}
The expression "#{kalendarDay}" is correctly displayed indicating that the value has been successfully transmitted between the page and the component. However the evaluation of the expression results in "null".
This seems to indicate that the backing bean is unavailable at this point, although the page correctly validates and deploys. So I am 95% certain that the bean is there at run time.
So perhaps this is a phase thing? Should I be evaluating this in the decode of the renderer and setting the value in the attributes map? I am still a little confused about the combination of actual values and value expressions.
So my question is where should I fetch and evaluate the valueExpression for model and should I store the result of the evaluation in the UIComponent or should I simply evaluate it every time?
SSCCE files below I think these are the only required files to demonstrate the problem
Bean Interface -----
/**
*
*/
package com.istana.kalendar.fixture;
import java.util.Date;
/**
* #author User
*
*/
public interface KalendarDay
{
public Date getDate();
}
Bean Implementation ---
/**
*
*/
package com.istana.kalendar.session.wui;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.ejb.Stateful;
import javax.inject.Named;
import com.istana.kalendar.fixture.KalendarDay;
/**
* #author User
*
*/
#Named ("kalendarDay")
#Stateful
public class KalKalendarDay
implements KalendarDay
{
private Calendar m_date = Calendar.getInstance();
/* (non-Javadoc)
* #see com.istana.kalendar.fixture.KalendarDay#getDate()
*/
#Override
public Date getDate()
{
return m_date.getTime();
}
}
UIComponent ---
/**
*
*/
package com.istana.kalendar.fixture.jsf;
import javax.el.ValueExpression;
import javax.faces.component.FacesComponent;
import javax.faces.component.UIOutput;
import com.istana.kalendar.fixture.KalendarDay;
/**
* #author User
*
*/
#FacesComponent (value=UIDay.COMPONENT_TYPE)
public class UIDay extends UIOutput
{
static final
public String COMPONENT_TYPE = "com.istana.kalendar.fixture.jsf.Day";
static final
public String COMPONENT_FAMILY = "com.istana.kalendar.fixture.jsf.Day";
private KalendarDay m_model;
private String m_title;
#Override
public String getRendererType()
{
return UIDayRenderer.RENDERER_TYPE;
}
#Override
public String getFamily()
{
return COMPONENT_FAMILY;
}
public KalendarDay getModel()
{
KalendarDay model = (KalendarDay) getStateHelper().eval("model");
System.out.println("model "+model);
return model;
}
public void setModel(KalendarDay model)
{
getStateHelper().put("model",model);
}
public String getTitle()
{
return (String) getStateHelper().eval("title");
}
public void setTitle(String title)
{
getStateHelper().put("title",title);
}
}
UIComponentRenderer ---
/**
*
*/
package com.istana.kalendar.fixture.jsf;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.el.ValueExpression;
import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
import javax.faces.context.ResponseWriter;
import javax.faces.render.FacesRenderer;
import javax.faces.render.Renderer;
import com.istana.kalendar.fixture.KalendarDay;
/**
* #author User
*
*/
#FacesRenderer (componentFamily = UIDay.COMPONENT_FAMILY
,rendererType = UIDayRenderer.RENDERER_TYPE
)
public class UIDayRenderer extends Renderer
{
static final
public String RENDERER_TYPE = "com.istana.kalendar.fixture.jsf.DayRenderer";
#Override
public void encodeBegin (FacesContext context,UIComponent component)
throws IOException
{
UIDay uic = (UIDay) component;
ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();
writer.startElement("p", uic);
/*
* This is the call that triggers the println
*/
writer.write("Day - "+uic.getModel().getDate());
}
#Override
public void encodeEnd (FacesContext context,UIComponent component)
throws IOException
{
ResponseWriter writer = context.getResponseWriter();
writer.endElement("p");
writer.flush();
}
}
kalendar.taglib.xml ---
<facelet-taglib
id="kalendar"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-facelettaglibrary_2_0.xsd"
version="2.0"
>
<namespace>http://istana.com/kalendar</namespace>
<tag>
<tag-name>day</tag-name>
<component>
<component-type>com.istana.kalendar.fixture.jsf.Day</component-type>
</component>
</tag>
</facelet-taglib>
I'm not sure why it's null, but the symptoms indicate that the #{kalendarDay} is been specified during view render time while you're trying to evaluate it during the view build time.
So perhaps this is a phase thing? Should I be evaluating this in the decode of the renderer and setting the value in the attributes map? I am still a little confused about the combination of actual values and value expressions.
You should use the encodeXxx() methods of the component or the associated renderer (if any) to generate HTML based on the component's attributes/properties.
You should use the decode() method of the component or the associated renderer (if any) to set component's attributes/properties based on HTTP request parameters which are been sent along with a HTML form submit.
So my question is where should I fetch and evaluate the valueExpression for model and should I store the result of the evaluation in the UIComponent or should I simply evaluate it every time?
Since JSF 2.x it's recommended to explicitly specify a getter and setter for component attributes which in turn delegates to UIComponent#getStateHelper().
public String getValue() {
return (String) getStateHelper().eval("value");
}
public void setValue(String value) {
getStateHelper().put("value", value);
}
public String getTitle() {
return (String) getStateHelper().eval("title");
}
public void setTitle(String title) {
getStateHelper().put("title", title);
}
public Object getModel() {
return getStateHelper().eval("model");
}
public void setModel(Object model) {
getStateHelper().put("model", model);
}
That's all you basically need (note that the getter and setter must exactly match the attribute name as per Javabeans specification). Then in the encodeXxx() method(s) just call getModel() to get (and evaluate) the value of the model attribute.

How to sort the choices in a Wicket dropdown according to the current user locale?

I have the following issue:
a drop down with a list of elements
each of these elements has a fixed key, which is used by the IChoiceRenderer implementation to look up the localized version of the key (it's a standard, utility renderer implemented in a different package)
the list of localized keys is in a properties file, linked to the panel which instantiates the dropdown.
Is there an elegant/reusable solution to have the dropdown display its elements sorted alphabetically ?
In the end, I think using the render is probably the best approach. To make it reusable and efficient, I isolated this in a Behavior.
Here's the code:
import org.apache.wicket.Component;
import org.apache.wicket.behavior.Behavior;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.AbstractChoice;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.IChoiceRenderer;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import static java.util.Arrays.sort;
/**
* This {#link Behavior} can only be used on {#link AbstractChoice} subclasses. It will sort the choices
* according to their "natural display order" (i.e. the natural order of the display values of the choices).
* This assumes that the display value implements {#link Comparable}. If this is not the case, you should
* provide a comparator for the display value. An instance of this class <em>cannot be shared</em> between components.
* Because the rendering can be costly, the sort-computation is done only once, by default,
* unless you set to <code>false</code> the <code>sortOnlyOnce</code> argument in the constructor.
*
* #author donckels (created on 2012-06-07)
*/
#SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
public class OrderedChoiceBehavior extends Behavior {
// ----- instance fields -----
private Comparator displayValueComparator;
private boolean sortOnlyOnce = true;
private boolean sorted;
// ----- constructors -----
public OrderedChoiceBehavior() {
}
public OrderedChoiceBehavior(boolean sortOnlyOnce) {
this.sortOnlyOnce = sortOnlyOnce;
}
public OrderedChoiceBehavior(boolean sortOnlyOnce, Comparator displayValueComparator) {
this.sortOnlyOnce = sortOnlyOnce;
this.displayValueComparator = displayValueComparator;
}
// ----- public methods -----
#Override
public void beforeRender(Component component) {
if (this.sorted && this.sortOnlyOnce) { return;}
AbstractChoice owner = (AbstractChoice) component;
IChoiceRenderer choiceRenderer = owner.getChoiceRenderer();
List choices = owner.getChoices();
// Temporary data structure: store the actual rendered value with its initial index
Object[][] displayValuesWithIndex = new Object[choices.size()][2];
for (int i = 0, valuesSize = choices.size(); i < valuesSize; i++) {
Object value = choices.get(i);
displayValuesWithIndex[i][0] = choiceRenderer.getDisplayValue(value);
displayValuesWithIndex[i][1] = i;
}
sort(displayValuesWithIndex, new DisplayValueWithIndexComparator());
List valuesCopy = new ArrayList(choices);
for (int i = 0, length = displayValuesWithIndex.length; i < length; i++) {
Object[] displayValueWithIndex = displayValuesWithIndex[i];
int originalIndex = (Integer) displayValueWithIndex[1];
choices.set(i, valuesCopy.get(originalIndex));
}
this.sorted = true;
}
public Comparator getDisplayValueComparator() {
return this.displayValueComparator;
}
// ----- inner classes -----
private class DisplayValueWithIndexComparator implements Comparator<Object[]> {
// ----- Comparator -----
public int compare(Object[] left, Object[] right) {
Object leftDisplayValue = left[0];
Object rightDisplayValue = right[0];
if (null == leftDisplayValue) { return -1;}
if (null == rightDisplayValue) { return 1;}
if (null == getDisplayValueComparator()) {
return ((Comparable) leftDisplayValue).compareTo(rightDisplayValue);
} else {
return getDisplayValueComparator().compare(leftDisplayValue, rightDisplayValue);
}
}
}
}
Use this extension of DropDownChoice using Java's Collator (basically locale sensitive sorting - take national characters and national sorting rules into account)
Code tested with Wicket 6 and Java 5+:
import java.text.Collator;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Locale;
import org.apache.wicket.Session;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.DropDownChoice;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.IChoiceRenderer;
import org.apache.wicket.model.IModel;
import com.google.common.collect.Ordering;
/**
* DropDownChoice which sort its choices (or in HTML's terminology select's options) according it's localized value
* and using current locale based Collator so it's sorted how it should be in particular language (ie. including national characters,
* using right order).
*
* #author Michal Bernhard michal#bernhard.cz 2013
*
* #param <T>
*/
public class OrderedDropDownChoice<T> extends DropDownChoice<T> {
public OrderedDropDownChoice(String id, IModel<? extends List<? extends T>> choices, IChoiceRenderer<? super T> renderer) {
super(id, choices, renderer);
}
public OrderedDropDownChoice(String id, IModel<? extends List<? extends T>> choices) {
super(id, choices);
}
public OrderedDropDownChoice(String id) {
super(id);
}
public OrderedDropDownChoice(
String id,
IModel<T> model,
IModel<? extends List<? extends T>> choices,
IChoiceRenderer<? super T> renderer) {
super(id, model, choices, renderer);
}
#Override
public List<? extends T> getChoices() {
List<? extends T> unsortedChoices = super.getChoices();
List<? extends T> sortedChoices = Ordering.from(displayValueAlphabeticComparator()).sortedCopy(unsortedChoices);
return sortedChoices;
}
private Collator localeBasedTertiaryCollator() {
Locale currentLocale = Session.get().getLocale();
Collator collator = Collator.getInstance(currentLocale);
collator.setStrength(Collator.TERTIARY);
return collator;
}
private Comparator<T> displayValueAlphabeticComparator() {
final IChoiceRenderer<? super T> renderer = getChoiceRenderer();
return new Comparator<T>() {
#Override
public int compare(T o1, T o2) {
Object o1DisplayValue = renderer.getDisplayValue(o1);
Object o2DisplayValue = renderer.getDisplayValue(o2);
return localeBasedTertiaryCollator().compare(o1DisplayValue, o2DisplayValue);
}
};
}
}
Copied from https://gist.github.com/michalbcz/7236242
If you want a Wicket-based solution you can try to sort the list with something like that:
public class ChoiceRendererComparator<T> implements Comparator<T> {
private final IChoiceRenderer<T> renderer;
public ChoiceRendererComparator(IChoiceRenderer<T> renderer) {
this.renderer = renderer;
}
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public int compare(T o1, T o2) {
return ((Comparable<Object>) renderer.getDisplayValue(o1)).compareTo(renderer.getDisplayValue(o2));
}
}
Usage:
List<Entity> list = ...
IChoiceRenderer<Entity> renderer = ...
Collections.sort(list, new ChoiceRendererComparator<Entity>(renderer));
DropDownChoice<Entity> dropdown = new DropDownChoice<Entity>("dropdown", list, renderer);
The solution we use at my company is Javascript based, we set a special css class on the dropdowns we want to be sorted, and a little jQuery trick does the sort.
Facing the same problem, I moved part of the localisation data from my XMLs to the database, implemented a matching Resolver and was able to use the localized Strings for sorting.
The table design and hibernate configuration was kind of tricky and is described here: Hibernate #ElementCollection - Better solution needed.
The ResourceLoader is along these lines:
public class DataBaseStringResourceLoader extends ComponentStringResourceLoader {
private static final transient Logger logger = Logger
.getLogger(DataBaseStringResourceLoader.class);
#Inject
private ISomeDAO someDao;
#Inject
private IOtherDao otherDao;
#Inject
private IThisDAO thisDao;
#Inject
private IThatDAO thatDao;
#Override
public String loadStringResource(Class<?> clazz, String key, Locale locale,
String style, String variation) {
String resource = loadFromDB(key, new Locale(locale.getLanguage()));
if (resource == null) {
resource = super.loadStringResource(clazz, key, locale, style, variation);
}
return resource;
}
private String loadFromDB(String key, Locale locale) {
String resource = null;
if (locale.getLanguage() != Locale.GERMAN.getLanguage()
&& locale.getLanguage() != Locale.ENGLISH.getLanguage()) {
locale = Locale.ENGLISH;
}
if (key.startsWith("some") || key.startsWith("other")
|| key.startsWith("this") || key.startsWith("that")) {
Integer id = Integer.valueOf(key.substring(key.indexOf(".") + 1));
ILocalizedObject master;
if (key.startsWith("some")) {
master = someDao.findById(id);
} else if (key.startsWith("other")) {
master = otherDao.findById(id);
} else if (key.startsWith("this") ){
master = thisDao.findById(id);
} else {
master = thatDao.findById(id);
}
if (master != null && master.getNames().get(locale) != null) {
resource = master.getNames().get(locale).getName();
} else if (master == null) {
logger.debug("For key " + key + " there is no master.");
}
}
return resource;
}
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}

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