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To have better control, you can implement the <javadoc method="init(org.zkoss.zk.ui.RichletConfig)">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> and <javadoc method="destroy()">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> methods to initialize and to destroy the resources required by the richlet when it is loaded. In additions, you could implement <javadoc method="getLanguageDefinition()">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> to use a different language as default (for example, implementing a richlet for [http://code.google.com/p/zkreach/ mobile devices]. | To have better control, you can implement the <javadoc method="init(org.zkoss.zk.ui.RichletConfig)">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> and <javadoc method="destroy()">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> methods to initialize and to destroy the resources required by the richlet when it is loaded. In additions, you could implement <javadoc method="getLanguageDefinition()">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> to use a different language as default (for example, implementing a richlet for [http://code.google.com/p/zkreach/ mobile devices]. | ||
− | === | + | === Richlet Must Be Thread-Safe === |
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− | + | Like a servlet, a single instance of richlet is created and shared for all users for all requests for the mapped URL. A richlet must handle concurrent requests, and be careful to syncrhronize access to shread resources. In other words, a richlet (the implementation of the <tt>service</tt> method) must be thread-safe. | |
− | + | On the other hand, components are not shareable. Each desktop has an independent set of component instances. Therefore, it is generally not a good idea to store components as a data member of a richlet. For example, the following code will cause an exception. | |
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+ | <source lang="java"> | ||
+ | public class MyRichlet extends GenericRichlet { | ||
+ | private Window main; //Not a good idea to share | ||
+ | public void service(Page page) { | ||
+ | if (main == null) { | ||
+ | main = new Window(); | ||
+ | } | ||
+ | main.setPage(main); //ERROR! Causes an exception if the same URL is requested twice! | ||
+ | </source> | ||
− | + | There are many ways to solve this issue. A straightforward solution is to compose the complete UI when <javadoc method="service(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> is called. | |
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<source lang="java" > | <source lang="java" > | ||
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import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page; | import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page; | ||
− | class MyRichlet extends GenericRichlet { | + | public class MyRichlet extends GenericRichlet { |
− | + | public void service(Page page) { | |
− | + | Window main = new Window(); | |
+ | //whatever UI composing... | ||
+ | main.setPage(page); | ||
} | } | ||
} | } | ||
</source> | </source> | ||
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+ | Remember that <javadoc method="service(org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page)">org.zkoss.zk.ui.Richlet</javadoc> is called to serve the associated URL. It is not about Ajax requests. Ajax requests are handled in the same way as ZUML -- in [[ZK Developer's Reference/Event Handling|event handlers]]. | ||
== Configure web.xml and zk.xml == | == Configure web.xml and zk.xml == |
Revision as of 04:29, 8 November 2010
A richlet is a small Java program that composes a user interface in Java for serving user's request.
When a user requests the content of an URL, the ZK Loader checks if the resource of the specified URL is a ZUML page or a richlet. If it is a ZUML page, then the ZK Loader creates components automatically based on the ZUML page's content as we described in the previous chapters.
If the resource is a richlet, the ZK Loader hands over the processing to the richlet. What and how to create components are all handled by the richlet. In other words, it is the developer's job to create all necessary components programmatically in response to the request.
The choice between ZUML pages and richlets depends on your preference. However, the performance shall not be a concern since the parsing of ZUML is optimized.
Implement a Richlet
It is straightforward to implement a richlet. First, implement the Richlet interface and then mapping URL to the richlet.
Implement a Richlet as a Java class
A richlet must implement the Richlet interface. However, you generally don't have to implement it from scratch. Rather, you could extends from GenericRichlet. With GenericRichlet, the only thing you have to do is to implement Richlet.service(Page). It is called when an associated URL is requested. For example,
package org.zkoss.zkdemo;
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page;
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.GenericRichlet;
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.event.*;
import org.zkoss.zul.*;
public class TestRichlet extends GenericRichlet {
//Richlet//
public void service(Page page) {
page.setTitle("Richlet Test");
final Window w = new Window("Richlet Test", "normal", false);
new Label("Hello World!").setParent(w);
final Label l = new Label();
l.setParent(w);
final Button b = new Button("Change");
b.addEventListener(Events.ON_CLICK,
new EventListener() {
int count;
public void onEvent(Event evt) {
l.setValue("" + ++count);
}
});
b.setParent(w);
w.setPage(page);
}
}
To have better control, you can implement the Richlet.init(RichletConfig) and Richlet.destroy() methods to initialize and to destroy the resources required by the richlet when it is loaded. In additions, you could implement Richlet.getLanguageDefinition() to use a different language as default (for example, implementing a richlet for mobile devices.
Richlet Must Be Thread-Safe
Like a servlet, a single instance of richlet is created and shared for all users for all requests for the mapped URL. A richlet must handle concurrent requests, and be careful to syncrhronize access to shread resources. In other words, a richlet (the implementation of the service method) must be thread-safe.
On the other hand, components are not shareable. Each desktop has an independent set of component instances. Therefore, it is generally not a good idea to store components as a data member of a richlet. For example, the following code will cause an exception.
public class MyRichlet extends GenericRichlet {
private Window main; //Not a good idea to share
public void service(Page page) {
if (main == null) {
main = new Window();
}
main.setPage(main); //ERROR! Causes an exception if the same URL is requested twice!
There are many ways to solve this issue. A straightforward solution is to compose the complete UI when Richlet.service(Page) is called.
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.GenericRichlet;
import org.zkoss.zk.ui.Page;
public class MyRichlet extends GenericRichlet {
public void service(Page page) {
Window main = new Window();
//whatever UI composing...
main.setPage(page);
}
}
Remember that Richlet.service(Page) is called to serve the associated URL. It is not about Ajax requests. Ajax requests are handled in the same way as ZUML -- in event handlers.
Configure web.xml and zk.xml
After implementing the richlet, you can define the richlet in zk.xml with the following statement:
<richlet>
<richlet-name>Test</richlet-name>
<richlet-class>org.zkoss.zkdemo.TestRichlet</richlet-class>
</richlet>
After declaring a richlet, you can map it to any number of URLs using the richlet-mapping element as shown below.
<richlet-mapping>
<richlet-name>Test</richlet-name>
<url-pattern>/test</url-pattern>
</richlet-mapping>
<richlet-mapping>
<richlet-name>Test</richlet-name>
<url-pattern>/some/more/*</url-pattern>
</richlet-mapping>
By default, richlets are disabled. To enable them, add the following declaration to web.xml. Once enabled, you can add as many as richlets as you want without modifying web.xml any more.
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>zkLoader</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/zk/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
Then, you can visit http://localhost:8080/PROJECT_NAME/zk/test to request the richlet.
The URL specified in the url-pattern element must start with /. If the URI ends with /*, then it is matched to all request with the same prefix. To retrieve the request's actual URL, you can check the value returned by the getRequestPath method of the current page.
public void service(Page page) {
if ("/some/more/hi".equals(page.getRequestPath()) {
...
}
}
Tip: By specifying /* as the url-pattern, you can map all unmatched URLs to your richlet.
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Last Update : 2010/11/8
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