Append data to iterator in struts2 - struts2

Hi friends i am trying to create facebook like pagination in struts2
what i am trying is at the end of the webpage i am calling action class using javascript ajax using below code
<script>
$(window).scroll(function() {
if ($(window).scrollTop() == $(document).height() - $(window).height()) {
console.log("Bottom reached");
var ul = $('.ullist');
var start = ul.children().length;
$.post("postImage.action?", { start: start }, function(session2) {
// Here I am getting json data
alert("inside class " + session2);
});
} else {
console.log("Bottom reached not");
}
});
</script>
The problem is that I have already a list using iterator. Please tell me how to append the value to iterator.
<s:iterator value="#session.list">
.......//here i already have data
</s:iterator>

You don't "append data to the iterator", you append DOM elements to the DOM.
You have two main options:
Return rendered HTML and append it at the end of the page (wherever is appropriate in your DOM), or...
Return JSON (or XML or whatever) and build the DOM dynamically on the client side.
You already have a JSP that renders the same type of information, I'd re-use that chunk of JSP, return rendered HTML, and append it. That said, there are countless jQuery bottomless pagination examples and many plugins–I'd probably just pick one that gets you started and take it from there, and use whatever mechanism your choice uses.

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Rendering dynamic scss-files with ajax, rails

As the title suggests, my main objective is to render a dynamic scss(.erb) file after an ajax call.
assets/javascripts/header.js
// onChange of a checkbox, a database boolean field should be toggled via AJAX
$( document ).ready(function() {
$('input[class=collection_cb]').change(function() {
// get the id of the item
var collection_id = $(this).parent().attr("data-collection-id");
// show a loading animation
$("#coll-loading").removeClass("vhidden");
// AJAX call
$.ajax({
type : 'PUT',
url : "/collections/" + collection_id + "/toggle",
success : function() {
// removal of loading animation, a bit delayed, as it would be too fast otherwise
setTimeout(function() {
$("#coll_loading").addClass("vhidden");
}, 300);
},
});
});
});
controller/collections_controller.rb
def toggle
# safety measure to check if the user changes his collection
if current_user.id == Collection.find(params[:id]).user_id
collection = Collection.find(params[:id])
# toggle the collection
collection.toggle! :auto_add_item
else
# redirect the user to error page, alert page
end
render :nothing => true
end
All worked very smooth when I solely toggled the database object.
Now I wanted to add some extra spices and change the CSS of my 50+ li's accordingly to the currently selected collections of the user.
My desired CSS looks like this, it checks li elements if they belong to the collections and give them a border color if so.
ul#list > li[data-collections~='8'][data-collections~='2']
{
border-color: #ff2900;
}
I added this to my controller to generate the []-conditions:
def toggle
# .
# .
# toggle function
# return the currently selected collection ids in the [data-collections]-format
#active_collections = ""
c_ids = current_user.collections.where(:auto_add_item => true).pluck('collections.id')
if c_ids.size != 0
c_ids.each { |id| #active_collections += "[data-collections~='#{id}']" }
end
# this is what gets retrieved
# #active_collections => [data-collections~='8'][data-collections~='2']
end
now I need a way to put those brackets in a scss file that gets generated dynamically.
I tried adding:
respond_to do |format|
format.css
end
to my controller, having the file views/collections/toggle.css.erb
ul#list<%= raw active_collections %> > li<%= raw active_collections %> {
border-color: #ff2900;
}
It didn't work, another way was rendering the css file from my controller, and then passing it to a view as described by Manuel Meurer
Did I mess up with the file names? Like using css instead of scss? Do you have any ideas how I should proceed?
Thanks for your help!
Why dynamic CSS? - reasoning
I know that this should normally happen by adding classes via JavaScript. My reasoning to why I need a dynamic css is that when the user decides to change the selected collections, he does this very concentrated. Something like 4 calls in 3 seconds, then a 5 minutes pause, then 5 calls in 4 seconds. The JavaScript would simply take too long to loop through the 50+ li's after every call.
UPDATE
As it turns out, JavaScript was very fast at handling my "long" list... Thanks y'all for pointing out the errors in my thinking!
In my opinion, the problem you've got isn't to do with CSS; it's to do with how your system works
CSS is loaded static (from the http request), which means when the page is rendered, it will not update if you change the CSS files on the server
JS is client side and is designed to interact with rendered HTML elements (through the DOM). This means that JS by its nature is dynamic, and is why we can use it with technologies like Ajax to change parts of the page
Here's where I think your problem comes in...
Your JS call is not reloading the page, which means the CSS stays static. There is currently no way to reload the CSS and have them render without refreshing (sending an HTTP request). This means that any updating you do with JS will have to include per-loaded CSS
As per the comments to your OP, you should really look at updating the classes of your list elements. If you use something like this it should work instantaneously:
$('li').addClass('new');
Hope this helps?
If I understood your feature correctly, actually all you need can be realized by JavaScript simply, no need for any hack.
Let me organize your feature at first
Given an user visiting the page
When he checks a checkbox
He will see a loading sign which implies this is an interaction with server
When the loading sign stopped
He will see the row(or 'li") he checked has a border which implies his action has been accepted by server
Then comes the solution. For readability I will simplify your loading sign code into named functions instead of real code.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('input[class=collection_cb]').change(function() {
// Use a variable to store parent of current scope for using later
var $parent = $(this).parent();
// get the id of the item
var collection_id = $parent.attr("data-collection-id");
show_loading_sign();
// AJAX call
$.ajax({
type : 'PUT',
url : "/collections/" + collection_id + "/toggle",
success : function() {
// This is the effect you need.
$parent.addClass('green_color_border');
},
error: function() {
$parent.addClass('red_color_border');
},
complete: function() {
close_loading_sign(); /*Close the sign no matter success or error*/
}
});
});
});
Let me know if my understanding of feature is correct and if this could solve the problem.
What if, when the user toggles a collection selection, you use jquery change one class on the ul and then define static styles based on that?
For example, your original markup might be:
ul#list.no_selection
li.collection8.collection2
li.collection1
And your css would have, statically:
ul.collection1 li.collection1,
ul.collection2 li.collection2,
...
ul.collection8 li.collection8 {
border-color: #ff2900;
}
So by default, there wouldn't be a border. But if the user selects collection 8, your jquery would do:
$('ul#list').addClass('collection8')
and voila, border around the li that's in collection8-- without looping over all the lis in javascript and without loading a stylesheet dynamically.
What do you think, would this work in your case?

Dynamic source for JQuery UI Autocomplete

I am currently working on a interface which requires an autocomplete of locations.
The list of locations is currently obtained via an AJAX call to a JSON object which is generated dymanically from a URL which has a search parameter of at least three characters.
Is there a way (im guessing most likely using an on key up), to populate the autocomplete by making an ajax call using the input current value and then returning these values in the autocomplete selection, rather than relying on jquery to create the autocomplete list from its source.
What I have currently appears to be inefficient and doesn't work as you might expect (for some reason the autocomplete only appears after four characters).
function buildAutoComplete(fieldId) {
var inputValue = $("#" + fieldId).val()
var resultsList = []
if(inputValue.length > 2) {
get("/location?prefix=" + inputValue,inputHit,inputMiss);
}
function inputHit(result) {
for(var i=0; i<result.length; i++) {
resultsList[i] = result[i].display_text
}
$("#" + fieldId).autocomplete({
source: resultsList
});
}
function inputMiss() {
}
}
$("#originField").keyup(function() {
buildAutoComplete("originField");
});
It turns out I was going about this completely the wrong way.
The autocomplete API which I knew allowed a remote source automatically includes a URL parameter of term, of the input value.
So the resulting code looks like
$("#originField").autocomplete({
minLength: 3,
source: "/location"
});
All it needed was the code at the back of the source to look for the parameter 'term' rather than 'prefix'.
Considerably more stable with a less complex and smaller code base.

JQM - Inject dynamic content at load time only

I'm trying to dynamically populate a select tag at load time (latest jQM version) using a custom template filling function.
If the fn is called in the "pagebeforechange" event, the select tag is properly initialized. Since this event is called on every page transition, I thought of moving the fn to the 'pageinit' event. This does not work, presumably because the DOM is not yet fully available. How can I coerce jQM to inject content in a page only once? Currently, I am using a kludge. There surely must be a smarter way. Thanks for any suggestions.
$(document).bind('pageinit', function () {
InitSelTagTest("#selActTag", "tplTag"); // Does not work.
});
$(document).bind("pagebeforechange", function (e, data) {
if ($("#selActTag").children().size() === 0) {
InitSelTagTest("#selActTag", "tplTag"); // Kludge, but it works
}
});
function InitSelTagTest(el,tpl) { // Append all tags to element el
var lstAllTags = JSON.parse($("#hidTag").val()); // Create tag array
// Retrieve html content from template.
var cbeg = "//<![" + "CDATA[", cend = "//]" + "]>";
var rslt = tmpl(tpl, { ddd: lstAllTags }).replace(cbeg, ").replace(cend,");
$(el).html(rslt).trigger("create"); // Add to DOM.
}
EDIT
In response to Shenaniganz' comment, it seems that the "pagebeforecreate" event could do the trick ie.
$("#pgAct").live("pagebeforecreate", function () {
// Populate tag select. Works. Traversed only once.
InitSelTag("#selActTag", "tplTag");
});
I'm not sure I fully understand your question but I'll throw a few things out there and you let me know if I can extend further.
To make something trigger only once on page load you can try to implement a regular JQuery $(document).ready(function(){}) aka $(function(){}) for the exact reason why JQuery Mobile users are told not to use it. It triggers only once on DOM load. Further pages don't trigger it because they're being switched via Ajax.
Other than that, on regular dynamic content loading you take a look at the following example I put together for someone else earlier:
http://jsbin.com/ozejif/1/edit

Jquery calls not working in $viewContentLoaded of Angular

Unable to call jquery functions in $viewContentLoaded event of Angular controller, here is the code for the same.
$scope.$on('$viewContentLoaded', function() {
jQuery.growlUI('Growl Notification', 'Saved Succesfully');
jQuery('#category').tree()
});
Is any configuration required here?? I tried even noConflict(); var $jq = jQuery.noConflict();
Does it require any other configuration?
Thanks,
Abdul
First thing first, don't do DOM manipulation from controller. Instead do it from directives.
You can do same thing in directive link method. You can access the element on which directive is applied.
Make sure you load jquery before angularjs scripts, then grawlUI, three, angularJS and finally your application script. Below is directive sample
var app = angular.module("someModule", []);
app.directive("myDirective", function () {
return function (scope, element, attrs) {
$.growlUI('Growl Notification', 'Saved Succesfully');
element.tree();
};
});
angularjs has built in jQuery lite.
if you load full jquery after angular, since jQuery is already defined, the full jquery script will skip execution.
==Update after your comment==
I reviewed again your question after comment and realised that content which is loaded trough ajax is appended to some div in your angular view. Then you want to apply element.tree() jquery plugin to that content. Unfortunately example above will not work since it is fired on linking which happened before your content from ajax response is appended to element with directive I showed to you. But don't worry, there is a way :) tho it is quick and dirty but it is just for demo.
Let's say this is your controller
function ContentCtrl($scope, $http){
$scope.trees=[];
$scope.submitSomethingToServer=function(something){
$http.post("/article/1.html", something)
.success(function(response,status){
// don't forget to set correct order of jquery, angular javascript lib load
$.growlUI('Growl Notification', 'Saved Succesfully');
$scope.trees.push(response); // append response, I hope it is HTML
});
}
}
Now, directive which is in controller scope (it uses same scope as controller)
var app = angular.module("someModule", []);
app.directive("myDirective", function () {
return function (scope, element, attrs) {
scope.$watch("trees", function(){
var newParagraph=$("<p>" + scope.trees[scope.trees.length-1] + "</p>" ); // I hope this is ul>li>ul>li...or what ever you want to make as tree
element.append(newParagraph);
newParagraph.tree(); //it will apply tree plugin after content is appended to DOM in view
});
};
});
The second approach would be to $broadcast or $emit event from controller (depends where directive is, out or in scope of controller) after your ajax completes and you get content from server. Then directive should be subscribed to this event and handle it by receiving passed data (data=content as string) and do the rest as I showed you above.
The thing is, threat that content from ajax as data all the way it comes to directive, then inject it to element in which you want to render it and apply tree plugin to that content.

How to select current page or by page id using jqmData

I have a multi-page document and I'm binding to the pageshow event of page "myId":
$('#myId').live('pageshow', renderMyIdTempalates);
I'm applying my JSON templates with PURE like this
function renderMyIdTempalates(event) {
$.mobile.showPageLoadingMsg();
var $page = $("#myId");
// do ajax call
$page.children( ":jqmData(role=header)" ).directives(...).render(data);
$page.children( ":jqmData(role=content)" ).directives(...).render(data);
$.mobile.hidePageLoadingMsg();
}
Initially I was using
$('#myId').directives(...).render(data);
to apply my templates. This caused problems since the selector didn't include the jqm attributes. So I used the jqmData method to grab the header and content to apply my templates. This works fine, but how do I select the entire document that I'm working with? I would prefer to apply my templates to the entire document once.
I tried:
$(":jqmData(role=page)") // selects all pages
$(":jqmData(id=myId)") // no luck
Any ideas?
the selector
div:jqmData(id="myID")
should work. just remember that myID should not be the id of that div.That page div should have a parameter data-id="myID"

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