Oracle Business Intelligence Beans Sample

Enabling Advanced Link

Overview

The BIAdvancedToolbarServlet demonstrates how the enable advanced hyperlinks in the toolbar servlet application. The class inherits PPR and toolbar functionality from BIPPRToolbarServlet. This sample displays advanced links for the Format tool and the Stoplight tool so that the user can access the advanced pages of the FormatCustomizer by clicking the hyperlinks.

Code Highlights

The following section provides a walkthrough and explanations of the code fragments:

After the view and the toolbar are initialized, the following code initializes a FormatCustomizer thin bean.

  FormatCustomizer formatCustomizer = new FormatCustomizer();
 formatCustomizer.setThinBeanName(FORMAT_CUSTOMIZER_NAME);
 formatCustomizer.setGridView((ThinGridView)presentation.getView());
 formatCustomizer.setPartialRenderEnabled(true);
 handler.registerThinBean(formatCustomizer);

The application adds a DialogListener listener with the FormatCustomizer thin bean. The thin bean fires events when the user chooses Apply or Cancel to exit the FormatCustomizer. The application should display the presentation page so the user can view the result of interaction with the FormatCustomizer.

  formatCustomizer.addDialogListener(new DialogAdapter(biHttpSession));

The application adds a ViewToolListener with the ViewToolbar thin bean. The thin bean fires a ViewToolEvent when the user clicks an advanced link in the Format tool or the Stoplight tool. The application should display the FormatCustomizer page in response to this event. The application continues to display the FormatCustomizer until the user exits the FormatCustomizer.

  viewToolbar.addViewToolListener(new ViewToolAdapter(biHttpSession));

The followin code enables advanced links for the Format tool and the Stoplight tool:

  for (int i = 0; i < viewToolbar.getChildCount(); i++) {
  Object child = viewToolbar.getChild(i);
  if (child instanceof FormatTool || child instanceof StoplightTool)
   ((BaseViewTool)child).setAdvancedLinksDisplayed(true);
 }

There is special handling for the FormatCustomizer bean. If the application event indicates that the FormatCustomizer should be displayed, a PageLayoutBean, which contains a UIX component for the FormatCustomizer thin bean, is added to the form instead of a presentation bean.

  PageLayoutBean pageLayout = new PageLayoutBean();
 PageLayoutUtils.initPageLayoutBean(pageLayout, formatCustomizer);
 FormatCustomizerBean formatBean = new FormatCustomizerBean(formatCustomizer);
 pageLayout.addIndexedChild(formatBean);
 PageButtonBarBean pageButtons = new PageButtonBarBean();

 String[] events = formatCustomizer.getPageButtonEvents();
 if (events != null) {
  for (int i = 0; i < events.length; i++) {
   ButtonBean button = new ButtonBean();
   NodeUtils.setTextAndAccessKey(button,
    formatCustomizer.getPageButtonEventLabel(events[i]));
   button.setOnClick(formatCustomizer.getPageButtonEventOnClick(events[i]));
   pageButtons.addIndexedChild(button);
  }
 }
 pageLayout.setContentFooter(pageButtons);
 rootNode.addIndexedChild(pageLayout);

The thin beans in a FormBean UIX component are rendered as in BIPPRToolbarServlet.

If the url contains a thin bean event, the event and the target bean of the event are displayed on the page.

While the code cleans up the BIHttpSession that is related to a client, the resources allocated by the servlet need to be cleaned up. This includes beans that the servlet allocates for the session. The close method (implemented by QueryClient) should be called to release resources that are related to the data source. The cleanUp method should be called on the ThinGraph to release Graph-related resources.


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