2. Display Markers on Map
Add Attribute to Entity and UI
Let’s add the location
attribute to the User
entity:
Double-click on the User
entity in Jmix tool window and choose its last attribute (to append the new attribute at the end):
Click Add () in the Attributes toolbar. In the New Attribute dialog, input location
in the Name field, choose ASSOCIATION
in the Attribute type dropdown, and Location
in the Type dropdown. Select One to One cardinality and mark the Owning Side checkbox.
To establish a one-to-one reference, Studio recommends generating an inverse attribute in the Location
entity.
Click Yes, and then OK in the next dialog.
Choose the location
attribute and click the Add to Views () button in the Attributes toolbar:
The displayed dialog window will present all views that exhibit the User
entity. Select the User.detail
view:
Subsequently, Studio will append the location
property to fetchPlan
and place the entityPicker
component within formLayout
of the User.detail
view.
Click the Debug button () in the main toolbar.
Prior to application execution, Studio will draft a Liquibase changelog:
Click Save and run.
Studio will execute the changelog, proceed with building and running the application.
Access http://localhost:8080
using your web browser and log into the application using the credentials admin/admin
.
Choose the Users
item in the Application
menu.
Click Create. The UI control for selecting a location will be displayed at the bottom of the form:
Create Blank View
If your application is currently running, terminate it by clicking the Stop button () in the main toolbar.
In the Jmix tool window, select New () → View:
In the Create Jmix View window, choose the Blank view
template:
Click Next.
On the subsequent step of the wizard, input the following:
-
Descriptor name:
location-lookup-view
-
Controller name:
LocationLookupView
-
Package name:
com.company.onboarding.view.locationlookup
Clear Parent menu item, as it is unnecessary for this view.
Click Next and then Create.
Studio will generate an empty view and display it in the designer:
Set Up View Opening
Our new view is intended to open from the user’s detail view. To achieve this, the Location field will be utilized.
We will need to replace the Studio-generated entityPicker
component with the valuePicker
component. Open user-detail-view.xml
and locate the entityPicker
component within the formLayout
:
<layout>
<formLayout id="form" dataContainer="userDc">
...
<entityPicker id="locationField" property="location">
<actions>
<action id="entityLookup" type="entity_lookup"/>
<action id="entityClear" type="entity_clear"/>
</actions>
</entityPicker>
...
</formLayout>
</layout>
Modify the XML element of the component to valuePicker
and eliminate the nested actions
element.
Choose valuePicker
within the Jmix UI hierarchy panel or in the view XML descriptor, then click the Add button in the inspector panel. Opt for Actions → Action from the drop-down list.
First, select a New Base Action
and click OK.
Set the id
of the action to select
and icon
to vaadin:search
.
Next, add a predefined value_clear
action for locationField
:
Choose the select
action in the Jmix UI hierarchy panel or in the view XML descriptor. Then, navigate to the Handlers tab in the Jmix Inspector panel to generate an ActionPerformedEvent
handler method:
Add the logic of opening LocationLookupView
to ActionPerformedEvent
handler method:
@Autowired
private DialogWindows dialogWindows; (1)
@Subscribe("locationField.select")
public void onLocationFieldSelect(final ActionPerformedEvent event) {
dialogWindows.view(this, LocationLookupView.class).open();
}
1 | The DialogWindows bean provides a fluent interface for opening views in dialog windows. |
Launch the application. Select the Users
item from the Application
menu. Click Create. The User.detail
view will appear. Locate the Location field and click on the () Search button. This action will prompt the LocationLookupView
to open in a dialog.
Now you’ll have the opportunity to review the alterations occurring in our view.
Add Components on LocationLookupView
First, include a field where the current location selected on the map will be shown. Navigate to the actions panel, click Add Component, locate entityPicker
, and double-click it. Configure the component’s properties as follows:
<entityPicker id="currentLocationField"
metaClass="Location"
readOnly="true"
width="20em"
label="msg://currentLocationField.label"/>
Next, we’ll add two hbox
containers:
-
The first will encompass a list of locations and a map.
-
The second will contain the Select and Cancel buttons.
<hbox padding="false"
height="100%"
width="100%"/>
<hbox id="controlLayout"/>
Click Add Component in the actions panel and then drag and drop Layouts → VBox
(vertical box) to the first hbox
element within the Jmix UI hierarchy panel. Configure the properties of the vbox
as follows:
<vbox padding="false" width="25em"/>
Subsequently, incorporate a field for selecting the type of location. Click Add Component in the actions panel, locate select
, and then drag and drop it into the vbox
. Configure the component’s properties as follows:
<select id="locationTypeField"
emptySelectionAllowed="true"
width="20em"
itemsEnum="com.company.onboarding.entity.LocationType"/>
To showcase the list of locations, we’ll utilize the listBox
component. Firstly, introduce a data container which will supply a collection of Location
entities for the virtual list. To achieve this, click Add Component in the actions panel, navigate to the Data components
section, and proceed to double-click the Collection
item. Within the Collection Properties Editor window, select Location
in the Entity field and then click OK:
Studio will generate the collection container:
<data>
<collection id="locationsDc" class="com.company.onboarding.entity.Location">
<fetchPlan extends="_base"/>
<loader id="locationsDl" readOnly="true">
<query>
<![CDATA[select e from Location e]]>
</query>
</loader>
</collection>
</data>
Load Data
To trigger the created loader, include the dataLoadCoordinator facet.
The default query retrieves all Location
instances, but you’ll need to filter only the locations selected in the locationTypeField
component. As a result, we declare query conditions associated with an input field via DataLoadCoordinator
.
We will utilize the component_
prefix in a query condition to reference the locationTypeField
component.
Let’s configure query conditions declaratively in the <condition>
XML element:
<view xmlns="http://jmix.io/schema/flowui/view"
title="msg://locationLookupView.title"
xmlns:c="http://jmix.io/schema/flowui/jpql-condition"> (1)
<data>
<collection id="locationsDc" class="com.company.onboarding.entity.Location">
<fetchPlan extends="_base"/>
<loader id="locationsDl" readOnly="true">
<query>
<![CDATA[select e from Location e]]>
<condition> (2)
<c:jpql> (3)
<c:where>e.type = :component_locationTypeField</c:where> (4)
</c:jpql>
</condition>
</query>
</loader>
</collection>
</data>
1 | Adds the JPQL conditions namespace. |
2 | Defines the condition element within the query. |
3 | Defines a JPQL condition with an optional join element and a mandatory where element. |
4 | Includes a WHERE clause by type attribute with the :component_locationTypeField parameter. |
Add ListBox
Click Add Component in the actions panel, locate listBox
, and then drag and drop it into the vbox
. Configure the component’s properties as follows:
<listBox id="listBox"
itemsContainer="locationsDc"
minHeight="20em"
width="20em"/>
At this point, the view XML should appear as shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<view xmlns="http://jmix.io/schema/flowui/view"
title="msg://locationLookupView.title"
xmlns:c="http://jmix.io/schema/flowui/jpql-condition">
<data>
<collection id="locationsDc" class="com.company.onboarding.entity.Location">
<fetchPlan extends="_base"/>
<loader id="locationsDl" readOnly="true">
<query>
<![CDATA[select e from Location e]]>
<condition>
<c:jpql>
<c:where>e.type = :component_locationTypeField</c:where>
</c:jpql>
</condition>
</query>
</loader>
</collection>
</data>
<layout>
<entityPicker id="currentLocationField"
metaClass="Location"
readOnly="true"
width="20em"
label="msg://currentLocationField.label"/>
<hbox padding="false"
height="100%"
width="100%">
<vbox padding="false"
width="25em">
<select id="locationTypeField"
emptySelectionAllowed="true"
width="20em"
itemsEnum="com.company.onboarding.entity.LocationType">
</select>
<listBox id="listBox"
itemsContainer="locationsDc"
minHeight="20em"
width="20em"/>
</vbox>
</hbox>
<hbox id="controlLayout"/>
</layout>
</view>
Let’s run the application to observe the new feature in action.
Add Map
Position the cursor after the vbox
element. Click Add Component in the actions panel, find the GeoMap
item, and then double-click it.
The new map
element will be generated beneath the vbox
element in the Jmix UI hierarchy panel and in XML. Configure the id
, height
and width
attributes as shown below.
<maps:geoMap id="map"
height="100%"
width="100%"/>
Next, include a tile layer with OsmSource, set a map view, and add a vector layer with DataVectorSource. The completed map should appear as shown below:
<maps:geoMap id="map"
height="100%"
width="100%">
<maps:mapView centerX="0" centerY="51">
<maps:extent minX="-15" minY="30" maxX="40" maxY="60"/>
</maps:mapView>
<maps:layers>
<maps:tile>
<maps:osmSource/>
</maps:tile>
<maps:vector id="dataVectorLayer">
<maps:dataVectorSource dataContainer="locationsDc"
property="building"/>
</maps:vector>
</maps:layers>
</maps:geoMap>
Let’s launch the application to see the new feature in action.
As we can see, the map does not fit on the view. Therefore, we’ll need to modify the view size. Add the @DialogMode
annotation to the LocationLookupView
controller:
@Route(value = "LocationLookupView", layout = MainView.class)
@ViewController("LocationLookupView")
@ViewDescriptor("location-lookup-view.xml")
@DialogMode(width = "60em", height = "45em")
public class LocationLookupView extends StandardView {
}
Press Ctrl/Cmd+S and switch to the running application. Click on the () Search button located next to the Location field. The LocationLookupView
view will open as a dialog with the width and height we determined earlier.
The following step will demonstrate how to utilize distinct markers for offices and coworking spaces.
Add Buttons
Let’s add the Select
button to save the current location for the user, and the Cancel
button to terminate without saving.
Open the location-lookup-view.xml
XML descriptor and find the controlLayout
hbox. Click Add Component in the actions panel, then drag and drop two buttons into controlLayout
.
The created buttons should be associated with actions. Define the actions
element, including nested action
elements, as illustrated below.
<actions>
<action id="select"
text="msg://selectAction.text"
icon="CHECK"
actionVariant="PRIMARY"
enabled="false"/> (1)
<action id="cancel"
type="view_close"/> (2)
</actions>
1 | select custom action properties are defined in-place. |
2 | The standard view close action. |
Generate the action performed event using the Jmix UI inspector panel → Handlers tab.
Implement the select
action handler:
@Subscribe("select")
public void onSelect(final ActionPerformedEvent event) {
close(StandardOutcome.SELECT); (1)
}
1 | The close() method closes the view. It accepts a StandardOutcome.SELECT object that can be processed by the calling code. We will handle it later. |
Assign the button ids and link each button with the respective action as shown below:
<hbox id="controlLayout">
<button id="selectBtn" action="select"/>
<button id="cancelBtn" action="cancel"/>
</hbox>
Use Custom Markers
Switch to the Project tool window and locate various markers for offices and coworking spaces within the /src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/icons/
directory in the classpath:
Open the LocationLookupView
controller and inject the GeoMap
component.
@ViewComponent
private GeoMap map;
You can inject view components and Spring beans using the Inject button in the actions panel: |
Next, introduce a method to customize the display of markers:
private void initBuildingSource(){
VectorLayer layer = map.getLayer("dataVectorLayer");
DataVectorSource<Location> source = layer.getSource(); (1)
source.setStyleProvider(location -> new Style() (2)
.withImage(new IconStyle()
.withScale(0.5)
.withAnchorOrigin(IconOrigin.BOTTOM_LEFT)
.withAnchor(new Anchor(0.49, 0.12))
.withSrc(location.getType() == LocationType.OFFICE
? "icons/office-marker.png"
: "icons/coworking-marker.png"))
.withText(new TextStyle()
.withBackgroundFill(new Fill("rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6)"))
.withPadding(new Padding(5, 5, 5, 5))
.withOffsetY(15)
.withFont("bold 15px sans-serif")
.withText(location.getCity())));
}
1 | Gets DataVectorSource associated with locationsDc . |
2 | Establishes a new style that combines an image with a text label for our markers. The image varies based on the location type. |
Click Generate Handler button in the top actions panel and select Controller handlers → InitEvent
:
Click OK. Studio will generate a handler method stub. Invoke initBuildingSource()
from the InitEvent
handler:
@Subscribe
public void onInit(final InitEvent event) {
initBuildingSource();
}
Launch the application and open LocationLookupView
. Evaluate the appearance of markers for different location types.
Handle Marker Events
Once a user chooses a marker on the map, the selected location is assigned to the Current location field. Additionally, the map’s zoom level is adjusted, centering the map on the selected location, with the chosen marker placed in the center of the map view.
Open the LocationLookupView
controller and add the setMapCenter()
method:
private void setMapCenter(Coordinate center) {
map.getMapView().setCenter(center);
map.getMapView().setZoom(20);
}
Next, navigate to the initBuildingSource()
method and incorporate the following code at the end of the method body:
private void initBuildingSource(){
//...
source.addGeoObjectClickListener(clickEvent -> {
Location location = clickEvent.getItem();
setMapCenter(location.getBuilding().getCoordinate());
});
}
Let’s run the application to observe the new feature in action. Now, when you click on the marker, the map will zoom in and center itself based on the location’s coordinates.
Now we need to display the selected location in the Current location field and make the Select button available.
Return to the LocationLookupView
controller. Inject currentLocationField
and the select
action. Define the selected
variable:
@ViewComponent
private EntityPicker<Location> currentLocationField;
@ViewComponent
private BaseAction select;
private Location selected;
Then add the onLocationChanged()
method:
private void onLocationChanged(Location newLocation) {
if (newLocation != null)
if (!Objects.equals(newLocation, selected)) {
selected = newLocation;
select.setEnabled(true); (1)
setMapCenter(newLocation.getBuilding().getCoordinate());
currentLocationField.setValue(newLocation); (2)
}
}
1 | Makes the Select action available. |
2 | Sets the selected location in the Current location field. |
Invoke onLocationChanged()
from the initBuildingSource()
method:
private void initBuildingSource(){
//...
source.addGeoObjectClickListener(clickEvent -> {
//...
onLocationChanged(location);
});
}