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Two identical liveChange wires side by side: the plain one drops every keystroke typed while a round-trip runs, the one registered with check_queue_last keeps the last of them, so the backend ends on what you typed.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_511
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UI5 1.71
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Keywords: livechange, keystroke, queue, busy, roundtrip, dropped, event, check_queue_last, s_ctrl
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.Label
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.Text
- sap.m.Title
- sap.m.VBox
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
- sap.ui.layout.Grid
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" @keywords livechange keystroke queue busy roundtrip dropped event check_queue_last s_ctrl
" @summary Two identical liveChange wires side by side: the plain one drops every keystroke typed while a round-trip runs, the one registered with check_queue_last keeps the last of them, so the backend ends on what you typed.
"! abap2UI5 serializes round-trips: while one is in flight the app is busy and
"! an event fired meanwhile is DROPPED. Right for a click, wrong for a wire
"! that fires per keystroke - typing `abc` at once leaves the backend at `a`
"! until the user pauses and types again. s_ctrl-check_queue_last keeps the
"! LAST event fired during the flight in a one-slot buffer and dispatches it
"! once the response has landed: one round-trip at a time, order preserved,
"! the backend ends on the control's current value.
"!
"! Needs abap2UI5 newer than 1.144.0 - check_queue_last is appended to
"! ty_s_event_control after that release; on an older framework the class
"! does not activate (unknown component of s_ctrl).
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_511 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
DATA plain_backend TYPE string.
DATA plain_count TYPE i.
DATA queued_backend TYPE string.
DATA queued_count TYPE i.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_511 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `PLAIN` ).
plain_backend = client->get_event_arg( ).
plain_count = plain_count + 1.
ELSEIF client->check_on_event( `QUEUED` ).
queued_backend = client->get_event_arg( ).
queued_count = queued_count + 1.
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
" Both Inputs below round-trip on every keystroke on purpose: this sample
" EXISTS to show what the busy guard does to such a wire, and what the
" check_queue_last flag changes about it.
" abap2ui5lint-disable live-event-roundtrip
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:layout` v = `sap.ui.layout` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Event - Keep the Last Keystroke with check_queue_last`
)->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 = `abap2UI5 runs one round-trip at a time, and an event fired while one is in flight is dropped. ` &&
`Type quickly into both fields: the left backend value stops at an earlier keystroke, the right one ` &&
`ends on what you typed - its wire is registered with s_ctrl-check_queue_last, so the last event ` &&
`fired during the flight is kept and sent once the response has landed. The flag is for ` &&
`per-keystroke wires only (liveChange, liveSearch, sliderChange); Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_059 puts it to work on ` &&
`a live search over a large table.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
" The Inputs are deliberately NOT bound: the keystroke travels as the
" event argument ${$parameters>/value} and nowhere else, so what the
" backend Text shows is exactly what the wire delivered.
DATA(grid) = page->ele( n = `Grid` ns = `layout`
)->a( n = `defaultSpan` v = `XL6 L6 M6 S12`
)->ele( n = `content` ns = `layout` ).
" left: the plain wire - keystrokes typed while a round-trip runs are dropped
grid->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Plain wire - dropped while busy`
)->a( n = `level` v = `H4`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `placeholder` v = `Type quickly ...`
)->a( n = `liveChange` v = client->_event(
val = `PLAIN`
arg = `${$parameters>/value}` )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Value in the backend`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( plain_backend )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Round-trips`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( plain_count ) ).
" right: the same wire with check_queue_last - the last keystroke of the
" flight is kept and dispatched after the response; check_no_busy keeps
" the busy overlay from covering the field while it is typed into
grid->ele( `VBox`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin`
)->tag( `Title`
)->a( n = `text` v = `check_queue_last - the last keystroke is kept`
)->a( n = `level` v = `H4`
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `placeholder` v = `Type quickly ...`
)->a( n = `liveChange` v = client->_event(
val = `QUEUED`
arg = `${$parameters>/value}`
s_ctrl = VALUE #( check_queue_last = abap_true
check_no_busy = abap_true ) )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Value in the backend`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( queued_backend )
)->tag( `Label`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Round-trips`
)->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = client->_bind( queued_count ) ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
" abap2ui5lint-enable live-event-roundtrip
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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