I am trying to work out how to send a domain object from the server-side to the client-side using GWT RPC. I've coded a really simple use case that represents the sort of thing I (and others?) need to be able to do but presently can't get to work.
I have scoured the docs, tutorials and forums but they either show Strings being passed around or offer explanations that (when I apply them to this) still don't work.
Hopefully someone can explain to me and others why this code doesn't work and how to get it to work.
Thank you.
Here are the error messages.
13:12:54.328 [DEBUG] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Validating newly compiled units
13:12:54.328 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Errors in 'file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Darren/workspace/WorldHug/src/org/redboffin/worldhug/client/test/TestService.java'
13:12:54.343 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Line 14: No source code is available for type org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestObject; did you forget to inherit a required module?
13:12:54.515 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Errors in 'file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Darren/workspace/WorldHug/src/org/redboffin/worldhug/client/test/TestServiceAsync.java'
13:12:54.515 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Line 12: No source code is available for type org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestObject; did you forget to inherit a required module?
13:12:55.953 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Errors in 'file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Darren/workspace/WorldHug/src/org/redboffin/worldhug/client/test/TestView.java'
13:12:55.968 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Line 42: No source code is available for type org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestObject; did you forget to inherit a required module?
13:12:55.968 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Line 46: No source code is available for type org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.InnerObject; did you forget to inherit a required module?
13:12:55.984 [ERROR] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Line 48: No source code is available for type org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.ListObject; did you forget to inherit a required module?
13:12:56.765 [INFO] [org.redboffin.worldhug.Test] Module org.redboffin.worldhug.Test has been loaded
Here are the project classes and files.
Test.gwt.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC "-//Google Inc.//DTD Google Web Toolkit 2.0.0//EN" "http://google-web-toolkit.googlecode.com/svn/tags/2.0.0/distro-source/core/src/gwt-module.dtd">
<module>
<inherits name="com.google.gwt.user.User" />
<source path="client/test" />
<entry-point class="org.redboffin.worldhug.client.test.Test"></entry-point>
</module>
Web.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE web-app
PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Web Application 2.3//EN"
"http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd">
<web-app>
<!-- Servlets -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>testServlet</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestServiceImpl</servlet-class>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>testServlet</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/worldhug/test/testService</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- Default page to serve -->
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>test.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
</web-app>
TestObject.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
public class TestObject implements IsSerializable {
private String testObjectString;
private InnerObject innerObject;
private List<ListObject> listObjects = new ArrayList<ListObject>();
public TestObject() {}
// Getters and setters removed for brevity
}
InnerObject.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
public class InnerObject implements IsSerializable {
private String innerObjectString;
public InnerObject() {}
// Getters and setters removed for brevity
}
ListObject.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.IsSerializable;
public class ListObject implements IsSerializable {
private String listObjectString;
public ListObject() {}
// Getters and setters removed for brevity.
}
TestService.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.client.test;
import org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestObject;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteService;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.RemoteServiceRelativePath;
/**
* The client side stub for the Test Service.
* @author Darren
*/
@RemoteServiceRelativePath("testService")
public interface TestService extends RemoteService {
TestObject test();
}
TestServiceAsync.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.client.test;
import org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestObject;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
/**
* The async counterpart of <code>TestService</code>.
* @author Darren
*/
public interface TestServiceAsync {
void test(AsyncCallback<TestObject> callback);
}
TestServiceImpl.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test;
import java.util.List;
import org.redboffin.worldhug.client.test.TestService;
import com.google.gwt.user.server.rpc.RemoteServiceServlet;
/**
* The server side implementation of the RPC service.
* @author Darren
*/
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class TestServiceImpl extends RemoteServiceServlet implements TestService {
@Override
public TestObject test() {
TestObject testObject = new TestObject();
testObject.setTestObjectString("Test Object String");
InnerObject innerObject = new InnerObject();
innerObject.setInnerObjectString("Inner Object String");
testObject.setInnerObject(innerObject);
List<ListObject> listObjects = testObject.getListObjects();
ListObject listObjectOne = new ListObject();
listObjectOne.setListObjectString("List Object One");
listObjects.add(0, listObjectOne);
ListObject listObjectTwo = new ListObject();
listObjectTwo.setListObjectString("List Object Two");
listObjects.add(0, listObjectTwo);
ListObject listObjectThree = new ListObject();
listObjectThree.setListObjectString("List Object Three");
listObjects.add(0, listObjectThree);
return testObject;
}
}
TestView.java
package org.redboffin.worldhug.client.test;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.InnerObject;
import org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.ListObject;
import org.redboffin.worldhug.server.test.TestObject;
import com.google.gwt.core.client.GWT;
import com.google.gwt.event.dom.client.ClickEvent;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiBinder;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiField;
import com.google.gwt.uibinder.client.UiHandler;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.rpc.AsyncCallback;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Button;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Composite;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.Label;
import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.VerticalPanel;
public class TestView extends Composite {
private static TestViewUiBinder uiBinder = GWT.create(TestViewUiBinder.class);
interface TestViewUiBinder extends UiBinder<VerticalPanel, TestView> {}
@UiField Label testObjectStringLabel;
@UiField Label innerObjectStringLabel;
@UiField VerticalPanel listObjectsPanel;
@UiField Button button;
@UiField Label errorMessageLabel;
public TestView(String firstName) {
initWidget(uiBinder.createAndBindUi(this));
}
@UiHandler("button")
void onClick(ClickEvent e) {
TestServiceAsync testService = (TestServiceAsync) GWT.create(TestService.class);
AsyncCallback<TestObject> callback = new AsyncCallback<TestObject>() {
public void onSuccess(TestObject testObject) {
testObjectStringLabel.setText(testObject.getTestObjectString());
InnerObject innerObject = testObject.getInnerObject();
innerObjectStringLabel.setText(innerObject.getInnerObjectString());
ArrayList<ListObject> listObjects = (ArrayList<ListObject>) testObject.getListObjects();
Iterator<ListObject> iterator = listObjects.iterator();
while(iterator.hasNext()) {
ListObject listObject = (ListObject) iterator.next();
listObjectsPanel.add(new Label(listObject.getListObjectString()));
}
}
public void onFailure(Throwable caught) {
errorMessageLabel.setText("Error : "+caught.getMessage());
}
};
testService.test(callback);
}
}
TestView.ui.xml
<!DOCTYPE ui:UiBinder SYSTEM "http://dl.google.com/gwt/DTD/xhtml.ent">
<ui:UiBinder
xmlns:ui="urn:ui:com.google.gwt.uibinder"
xmlns:g="urn:import:com.google.gwt.user.client.ui">
<g:VerticalPanel>
<g:Label>Test Object</g:Label>
<g:Label ui:field="testObjectStringLabel"></g:Label>
<g:VerticalPanel>
<g:Label>Inner Object</g:Label>
<g:Label ui:field="innerObjectStringLabel"></g:Label>
</g:VerticalPanel>
<g:VerticalPanel ui:field="listObjectsPanel">
<g:Label>List Objects</g:Label>
</g:VerticalPanel>
<g:Button ui:field="button">Display Test Object</g:Button>
<g:Label ui:field="errorMessageLabel"></g:Label>
</g:VerticalPanel>
</ui:UiBinder>
Thank you for reading this far and for any help you may be able to give me (and others).