Binding
Expression binding in the view - conditions, composite parts and a regular expression decide visible and enabled without asking the backend.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_027
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Binding
UI5 1.71
The facts
- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_027- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_027.clas.abap↗- Category
- Binding
- Learning path
- Get your data on screen
- Minimum UI5
- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
- In the playground
- runs in the browser, with no system and nothing installed
- Documentation
- abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/model/expression_binding ↗
Keywords: formatter, parts, conditional, regexp, visible, enabled, syntax
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.Link
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Title
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.form.SimpleForm
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The ABAP
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_027.clas.abap — 145 lines
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" @keywords formatter parts conditional regexp visible enabled syntax
" @summary Expression binding in the view - conditions, composite parts and a regular expression decide visible and enabled without asking the backend.
" @docs https://abap2ui5.github.io/docs/cookbook/model/expression_binding
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_027 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA product TYPE string.
DATA quantity TYPE i.
DATA input2 TYPE string.
DATA input31 TYPE i.
DATA input32 TYPE i.
DATA input41 TYPE string.
DATA input51 TYPE string.
DATA input52 TYPE string.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_027 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
product = `tomato`.
quantity = `500`.
input41 = `faasdfdfsaVIp`.
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ENDIF.
view_display( ).
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
DATA bind_input31 TYPE string.
DATA bind_input32 TYPE string.
DATA bind_quantity TYPE string.
DATA bind_input51 TYPE string.
DATA bind_input52 TYPE string.
bind_input31 = client->_bind( val = input31 path = abap_true ).
bind_input32 = client->_bind( val = input32 path = abap_true ).
bind_quantity = client->_bind( val = quantity path = abap_true ).
bind_input51 = client->_bind( val = input51 path = abap_true ).
bind_input52 = client->_bind( val = input52 path = abap_true ).
DATA(view) = z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder=>factory(
)->ele( n = `View` ns = `mvc`
)->a( n = `displayBlock` v = `true`
)->a( n = `height` v = `100%`
)->a( n = `xmlns` v = `sap.m`
)->a( n = `xmlns:mvc` v = `sap.ui.core.mvc`
)->a( n = `xmlns:core` v = `sap.ui.core`
)->a( n = `xmlns:form` v = `sap.ui.layout.form` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Binding - Expression Binding, Types and Composite Parts`
)->a( n = `showNavButton` b = client->check_app_prev_stack( )
)->a( n = `navButtonPress` v = client->_event_nav_app_leave( ) ).
page->tag( `MessageStrip`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Advanced binding syntax: expression binding, typed bindings, conditional enabling ` &&
`with RegExp checks, and composite (parts) bindings.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
DATA(form) = page->ele( n = `SimpleForm` ns = `form`
)->a( n = `title` v = `Binding Syntax`
)->a( n = `editable` b = abap_true
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `form` ).
form->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Expression Binding`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Documentation`
)->tag( `Link`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Expression Binding`
)->a( n = `href` v = `https://sdk.openui5.org/topic/daf6852a04b44d118963968a1239d2c0`
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `input in uppercase`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( input2 )
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `enabled` b = abap_false
)->a( n = `value` v = |\{= ${ client->_bind( input2 ) }.toUpperCase() \}|
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `max value of the first two inputs`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = `{ type : "sap.ui.model.type.Integer",` &&
` path:"` && bind_input31 && `" }`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = `{ type : "sap.ui.model.type.Integer",` && |\n| &&
` path:"` && bind_input32 && `" }`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `enabled` b = abap_false
)->a( n = `value` v = |\{= Math.max(${ client->_bind( input31 ) }, ${ client->_bind( input32 ) }) \}|
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `only enabled when the quantity equals 500`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = `{ type : "sap.ui.model.type.Integer",` &&
` path:"` && bind_quantity && `" }`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `enabled` v = |\{= 500===${ client->_bind( quantity ) } \}|
)->a( n = `value` v = product
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `RegExp Set to enabled if the input contains VIP, ignoring the case.`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( input41 )
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `text` v = `VIP`
)->a( n = `enabled` v = |\{= RegExp('vip', 'i').test(${ client->_bind( input41 ) }) \}|
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `concatenate both inputs`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( input51 )
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( input52 )
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `enabled` b = abap_false
)->a( n = `value` v = `{ parts: [` && |\n| &&
` "` && bind_input51 && `",` && |\n| &&
` "` && bind_input52 && `"` && |\n| &&
` ] }` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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