Binding in Special Attribute"

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<!-- binding in "visible" and "disabled" instead of "if" -->
 
<!-- binding in "visible" and "disabled" instead of "if" -->
  
Assume that you want to show a "Delete" button only to a user who has administrative permission. We have several usage:  
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Assume that you want to show a "Delete" button only to a user who has administrative permission. There are several usages:  
  
 
'''specialAttribte.zul'''
 
'''specialAttribte.zul'''
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</source>
 
</source>
  
* Line 2: It is a wrong usage. The button will never be created.
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* Line 2: It is a wrong usage, the delete button will never be created.
  
 
* Line 4: The button's creation is determined when a user visits the page and won't appear unless the user becomes a administrator and visits the page again.
 
* Line 4: The button's creation is determined when a user visits the page and won't appear unless the user becomes a administrator and visits the page again.
  
* Line 6,7: It is what we recommend for most cases. You can binding on <tt>visible</tt>, and it brings you almost the same effect as <tt>if</tt>. The <tt>disabled</tt> also has similar effect.
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* Line 6,7: It is what we recommend for most cases. You can bind on <tt>visible</tt>, and it brings you almost the same effect as <tt>if</tt>. <tt>disabled</tt> also has similar effect.
  
 
= The "forEach" Versus Children Binding =
 
= The "forEach" Versus Children Binding =

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Special Attribute Issue

ZK Bind is a post-processing work on components after they have been created and it can control most attributes to change a component's status. However, there are some special attributes such as if and forEach in which ZK Bind can't work on because these attributes' value are determined and fixed when components are created. Therefore, binding these special attributes takes no effect on components, but you may want to use the functions that these special attributes provide, here we demonstrate alternative methods in MVVM approach.

The "if" Versus the "visible"

Assume that you want to show a "Delete" button only to a user who has administrative permission. There are several usages:

specialAttribte.zul

		<!-- wrong usage, no effect -->
		<button label="Delete " if="@load(vm.currentUser.admin)" />
		<!-- determined at the beginning -->
		<button label="Delete (EL)" if="${vm.currentUser.admin}" />
		<!-- can change during user interaction -->
		<button label="Delete (visible)" visible="@load(vm.currentUser.admin)" />
		<button label="Delete (disabled)" disabled="@load(not vm.currentUser.admin)" />
		<checkbox label="Is Admin" checked="@bind(vm.currentUser.admin)" />
  • Line 2: It is a wrong usage, the delete button will never be created.
  • Line 4: The button's creation is determined when a user visits the page and won't appear unless the user becomes a administrator and visits the page again.
  • Line 6,7: It is what we recommend for most cases. You can bind on visible, and it brings you almost the same effect as if. disabled also has similar effect.

The "forEach" Versus Children Binding

The forEach attribute also has the same issue.

specialAttribute.zul

	<!-- "forEach" versus children binding  -->
	<!-- wrong usage, no effect -->
	<checkbox label="@load(each.firstName)" forEach="@load(vm.personList)" />
	<!-- determined at the beginning -->
	<checkbox label="${each.firstName}" forEach="${vm.personList}" />
	<!-- children binding -->
	<div children="@load(vm.personList)">
		<template name="children">
			<checkbox label="@load(each.firstName)" />
		</template>
	</div>
  • Line 3: It is a wrong usage. It doesn't create multiple checkboxes.
  • Line 5: The checkboxes are created at the beginning when a user visits the page and won't change even we change vm.personLIst.
  • Line 7: The children binding, is used when you want dynamically create and destroy components.

Version History

Last Update : 2013/03/19


Version Date Content
6.5.1 March 2013 Initial




Last Update : 2013/03/19

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