com.sap.netweaver.bc.uwl

Interface IUWLViewManager

public interface IUWLViewManager

View manager is used to create, modify, and delete the different views and their display attributes. It also allows setting up desired navigation attributes to move around and between views. The Presentation Adaptor does the actual renderings of the views based off of their attributes.

When getting a View the View Manager will automatically merge all Display Attributes along with any Global Display Attribute into the View, it will also check if there is a personalized view for the specified user.

When getting navigation nodes you can have the View manager merge dynamic views into the list, it will also merge in any personalized view where the personalized place holder flag is indicated.

Navigation Nodes are used to create the Tabs and Dropdown in the UWL as shown in the example below.

First View selections Second and Dynamic views

Then the Views are used to display the UWL table as shown in the example below.

Table Header (View header option)
Column header 1 (DisplayAttribute)	Column header 2 (DisplayAttribute)	Column header 3 (DisplayAttribute)	Column header 4 (DisplayAttribute)
Data row

See Also:

UWLView, NavigationNode, DisplayAttribute

Field Summary

static String	UWL_ADD_DYNAMIC_VIEWS This is used to indicate the location in the Navigation Node to start adding dynamic views.
static String	UWL_LASTACCESS_NAME Deprecated. no longer used
static String	UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_ID This is the Navigation node Id for the personalization.
static String	UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_NAME This is the reference group name for the personalization, used as a place holder in the navigation node.

Method Summary

NavigationNode	addNavigationNode(NavigationNode node, UWLContext context) Deprecated. see updateNavigationNode
NavigationNode	addToPersonalNode(UWLContext context, UWLView view) Deprecated. use updateNavigationNode
UWLView	addView(UWLView viewData, UWLContext context) Deprecated. use the updateView
void	appendItemTypesWithItems(NavigationNode navNode, UWLContext context, String configGroup, int maxAppendNumber, String currentSelectedViewId, String substitutedUserId) This is used to add dynamic views into the Navigation Node.
ItemTypeCount[]	appendItemTypesWithItems(NavigationNode navNode, UWLContext context, String configGroup, int maxAppendNumber, String currentSelectedViewId, String substitutedUserId, ItemTypeCount[] itemTypeCount) This is used to add dynamic views into the Navigation Node.
void	deleteNavigationNode(String id, UWLContext context) This method will remove the specified navigation node name from the list of personalized nodes for the specified user.
void	deleteView(UWLView viewName, UWLContext context) This method will remove the specified view name from the list of personalized views for the specified user.
NavigationNode[]	getItemTypeNavigationNode(NavigationNode root, String[] baseItemType, UWLContext context, String configGroup, int maxReturn, String currentSelectedViewId, String substitutedUserId) Return an array of NavigationNodes for the all ItemTypes which are not in the specified root NavigationNode and have items assigned to the user.
NavigationNode	getNavigationNode(String id, UWLContext context) This method will look for the specified Navigation node by its name which is defined in the standard or custom XML files (see example XML).
List	getNavigationNodesByGroup(String groupName, UWLContext context) Method getNavigationNodesByGroup.
List	getNavigationNodesUsingViewName(String viewName, UWLContext context) Method getNavigationModelsUsingViewId.
UWLView	getView(String id, UWLContext context) This is used to get a view by its ID name which is defined in the system or custom XML files (See example) or the name of the personalized view.
UWLView	getViewForItemType(String itemType, UWLContext context) Method getViewForItemType.
NavigationNode	updateNavigationNode(NavigationNode node, UWLContext context) Use this method to add the passed in navigation node to the users list of personalized nodes.
UWLView	updateView(UWLView viewData, UWLContext context) Use this method to add the passed in view to the users list of personalized views.

Field Detail

UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_ID

static final String UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_ID

This is the Navigation node Id for the personalization.

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Constant Field Values

UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_NAME

static final String UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_NAME

This is the reference group name for the personalization, used as a place holder in the navigation node. This is where the users personalized views will be megered.

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Constant Field Values

UWL_ADD_DYNAMIC_VIEWS

static final String UWL_ADD_DYNAMIC_VIEWS

This is used to indicate the location in the Navigation Node to start adding dynamic views.

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Constant Field Values

UWL_LASTACCESS_NAME

static final String UWL_LASTACCESS_NAME

Deprecated. no longer used

This is the reference group name for the last access, used in the navigation node.

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getView

UWLView getView(String id,
                UWLContext context)

This is used to get a view by its ID name which is defined in the system or custom XML files (See example) or the name of the personalized view.

Example XML definition:
<View name="DefaultView" width="98%" supportedItemTypes="uwl.task" ...

Note: the personalized view can use the same name as system defined view and it will overwrite that view. See the return order of views below.

The view will be return with the following priority:

1. Personalized view for the specified user.
2. The system defined view.
3. null if none of the above.

Parameters:

id - The view name.

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

The view if found else null.

addView

UWLView addView(UWLView viewData,
                UWLContext context)

Deprecated. use the updateView

Method addView. Add new view to the users personalization

Parameters:

viewData -

context - the UWL context.

Returns:

UWLView

See Also:

updateView(UWLView, UWLContext)

updateView

UWLView updateView(UWLView viewData,
                   UWLContext context)

Use this method to add the passed in view to the users list of personalized views. If the view is already in the list then it will override the old view with this new one.

When personalizing a view always may sure the view has been cloned before change view settings.

Parameters:

viewData - The new view

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

UWLView

See Also:

UWLView.clone()

deleteView

void deleteView(UWLView viewName,
                UWLContext context)

This method will remove the specified view name from the list of personalized views for the specified user.

Note: If the personified view was overriding a system view, then this will have the effect of restore the system view.

Parameters:

viewName -

context - The information on the login in user.

getViewForItemType

UWLView getViewForItemType(String itemType,
                           UWLContext context)

Method getViewForItemType. Get the best View for the specified ItemType. If the ItemType does not have a view defined it will check the parent ItemType until a view is located.

Parameters:

itemType -

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

UWLView DefaultView will be return if no View can be found.

getNavigationNode

NavigationNode getNavigationNode(String id,
                                 UWLContext context)

This method will look for the specified Navigation node by its name which is defined in the standard or custom XML files (see example XML).

<NavigationNode name="CombinedTask" view="DefaultView" referenceBundle="tasks">

Parameters:

id - The name defined in the xml file

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

NavigationModel If the navigation node can not be found then null is return.

getItemTypeNavigationNode

NavigationNode[] getItemTypeNavigationNode(NavigationNode root,
                                           String[] baseItemType,
                                           UWLContext context,
                                           String configGroup,
                                           int maxReturn,
                                           String currentSelectedViewId,
                                           String substitutedUserId)

Return an array of NavigationNodes for the all ItemTypes which are not in the specified root NavigationNode and have items assigned to the user. The order of the NavigationNodes returned will be based off of the total number of items assigned to the user.

Parameters:

root - This is the Current NavigationNodes being display, to avoid duplication of NavigationNodes.

root - the navigation node.

baseItemType - the array of strings.

context - The information on the login in user.

maxReturn - Indicate the total number of NavigationNodes to return.

Returns:

NavigationNode[] the array of navigation nodes.

See Also:

appendItemTypesWithItems(NavigationNode, UWLContext, String, int, String, String)

appendItemTypesWithItems

void appendItemTypesWithItems(NavigationNode navNode,
                              UWLContext context,
                              String configGroup,
                              int maxAppendNumber,
                              String currentSelectedViewId,
                              String substitutedUserId)

This is used to add dynamic views into the Navigation Node. If there is itemType which are subsets of the top Navigation Node views, but are not in the actual Navigation Node childern list, and have items which are for the user it will append this to the Navigation Node.

Parameters:

navNode -

context - The information on the login in user.

maxAppendNumber - - indicate the max number of views which can be added.

currentSelectedViewId - - can be null. This is the current selected ViewId. Used to determine if the dynamic node should be added even if it is empty.

appendItemTypesWithItems

ItemTypeCount[] appendItemTypesWithItems(NavigationNode navNode,
                                         UWLContext context,
                                         String configGroup,
                                         int maxAppendNumber,
                                         String currentSelectedViewId,
                                         String substitutedUserId,
                                         ItemTypeCount[] itemTypeCount)

This is used to add dynamic views into the Navigation Node. If there is itemType which are subsets of the top Navigation Node views, but are not in the actual Navigation Node childern list, and have items which are for the user it will append this to the Navigation Node.

Parameters:

navNode -

context - The information on the login in user.

maxAppendNumber - - indicate the max number of views which can be added.

currentSelectedViewId - - can be null. This is the current selected ViewId. Used to determine

substitutedUserId - - can be null. This is the user id for which user is being substituted for.

itemTypeCount - - can be null. Used for performance. If not passed in then the Item Manager will be called to get the array, which requires a database call.

Returns:

itemTypeCount - returns the array of item used in the merge. if the dynamic node should be added even if it is empty.

addNavigationNode

NavigationNode addNavigationNode(NavigationNode node,
                                 UWLContext context)

Deprecated. see updateNavigationNode

Method addNavigationNode.

Parameters:

node -

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

NavigationNode

See Also:

updateNavigationNode(NavigationNode, UWLContext)

updateNavigationNode

NavigationNode updateNavigationNode(NavigationNode node,
                                    UWLContext context)

Use this method to add the passed in navigation node to the users list of personalized nodes. If the node is already in the list then it will override the old node with this new one.

When personalizing a node always may sure the node has been cloned before change node settings.

Parameters:

node - New navigation node

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

NavigationNode

See Also:

NavigationNode.clone(IPrincipal)

deleteNavigationNode

void deleteNavigationNode(String id,
                          UWLContext context)

This method will remove the specified navigation node name from the list of personalized nodes for the specified user.

Note: If the personified navigation node was overriding a system navigation node, then this will have the effect of restore the back to the system navigation node.

Parameters:

id - the ID.

context - The information on the login in user.

getNavigationNodesUsingViewName

List getNavigationNodesUsingViewName(String viewName,
                                     UWLContext context)

Method getNavigationModelsUsingViewId.

Get all the navigation nodes which reference a View which is defined in the standard or custom XLM file (see example)

<NavigationNode name="CombinedTask" view="DefaultView" referenceBundle="tasks">

Parameters:

viewId -

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

List If there is no navigation nodes found then the list will be empty.

getNavigationNodesByGroup

List getNavigationNodesByGroup(String groupName,
                               UWLContext context)

Method getNavigationNodesByGroup. Returns all the navigation which are of the same group. for example all the personalized nodes will have the group id UWL_PERSONAL.

Parameters:

groupName -

context - The information on the login in user.

Returns:

List

See Also:

UWL_PERSONAL_GROUP_NAME

addToPersonalNode

NavigationNode addToPersonalNode(UWLContext context,
                                 UWLView view)

Deprecated. use updateNavigationNode

This will add a new child navigation node to the users personalized navigation node. The navigation node that was created will be setup with the correct Group id and and the specified view reference. Note: view which are system owned are not allowed.

Parameters:

context - The information on the login in user.

view -

Returns:

NavigationNode the new navgation node. If the view is a system owned the null is returned

See Also:

UWLView.getOwner()