Event
Attaches data objects to controls - with the app: namespace shortcut, bound or static, and as a CustomData template in a list binding - and reads them back with data( ) when an event fires.
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_536
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Event
UI5 1.71
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- Repository
- abap2UI5/samples
- Class
Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_536- Source file
z2ui5_cl_smp_app_536.clas.abap↗- Category
- Event
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- 1.71 — the floor abap2UI5 holds its samples to
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Keywords: customdata, data, app, namespace, attach, control, list, template, t_arg
Controls it builds
- sap.m.Button
- sap.m.HBox
- sap.m.Input
- sap.m.List
- sap.m.MessageStrip
- sap.m.Page
- sap.m.Panel
- sap.m.Shell
- sap.m.StandardListItem
- sap.m.Text
- sap.ui.core.CustomData
- sap.ui.core.mvc.View
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" @keywords customdata data app namespace attach control list template t_arg
" @summary Attaches data objects to controls - with the app: namespace shortcut, bound or static, and as a CustomData template in a list binding - and reads them back with data( ) when an event fires.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_536 DEFINITION PUBLIC.
PUBLIC SECTION.
INTERFACES z2ui5_if_app.
TYPES:
BEGIN OF ty_s_question,
question TYPE string,
answer TYPE string,
END OF ty_s_question.
DATA coords TYPE string.
DATA answer TYPE string.
DATA t_questions TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF ty_s_question WITH EMPTY KEY.
PROTECTED SECTION.
DATA client TYPE REF TO z2ui5_if_client.
METHODS view_display.
METHODS on_event.
PRIVATE SECTION.
ENDCLASS.
CLASS z2ui5_cl_smp_app_536 IMPLEMENTATION.
METHOD z2ui5_if_app~main.
me->client = client.
IF client->check_on_init( ).
coords = `49.29, 8.64`.
t_questions = VALUE #(
( question = `What does data( ) return without a key?`
answer = `A plain object that holds all custom data of the control.` )
( question = `Which namespace makes the attribute shortcut work?`
answer = `http://schemas.sap.com/sapui5/extension/sap.ui.core.CustomData/1` )
( question = `Can the value of a custom data be bound?`
answer = `Yes - it is a normal property and follows its binding like any other.` ) ).
view_display( ).
ELSEIF client->check_on_navigated( ).
view_display( ).
ELSE.
on_event( ).
ENDIF.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD on_event.
CASE abap_true.
WHEN client->check_on_event( `STATIC` ).
client->message_toast_display( |data( "mySuperExtraData" ) = { client->get_event_arg( ) }| ).
WHEN client->check_on_event( `BOUND` ).
client->message_toast_display( |data( "coords" ) = { client->get_event_arg( ) }| ).
WHEN client->check_on_event( `ALL` ).
" data( ) without a key answers a plain object - an object argument
" reaches the backend as its JSON text
client->message_toast_display( |data( ) = { client->get_event_arg( ) }| ).
WHEN client->check_on_event( `SELECT` ).
" the answer is not looked up in t_questions - it arrives as the
" custom data of the list item the user selected
answer = client->get_event_arg( ).
ENDCASE.
ENDMETHOD.
METHOD view_display.
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:app` v = `http://schemas.sap.com/sapui5/extension/sap.ui.core.CustomData/1` ).
DATA(page) = view->ele( `Shell`
)->ele( `Page`
)->a( n = `title` v = `abap2UI5 - Event - Custom Data Attached to Controls`
)->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 = `Every control can carry data objects of its own with data( ). In an XML view they are written as ` &&
`app:key="value" attributes or as core:CustomData elements, statically or bound, and an event ` &&
`argument reads them back with data( 'key' ) when the control fires.`
)->a( n = `type` v = `Information`
)->a( n = `showIcon` b = abap_true
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMargin` ).
" app:key="value" is the shortcut for a core:CustomData element in the
" customData aggregation - it needs the xmlns:app namespace declared above.
" The backend SETS custom data through the binding (app:coords follows the
" input), and reads it back with data( ) as an event argument. Writing it
" into the HTML DOM as a data-* attribute is Z2UI5_CL_SMP_APP_535
DATA(panel) = page->ele( `Panel`
)->a( n = `headerText` v = `The app: namespace shortcut`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiResponsiveMargin`
)->a( n = `width` v = `auto` ).
panel->ele( `HBox`
)->a( n = `alignItems` v = `Center`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Without Binding`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMarginEnd`
)->a( n = `app:mySuperExtraData` v = `just great`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `STATIC`
arg = `$event.getSource().data('mySuperExtraData')` )
)->tag( `Input`
)->a( n = `value` v = client->_bind( coords )
)->a( n = `width` v = `12rem`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMarginEnd`
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `text` v = `With Binding`
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiSmallMarginEnd`
)->a( n = `app:coords` v = client->_bind( coords )
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `BOUND`
arg = `$event.getSource().data('coords')` )
)->tag( `Button`
)->a( n = `text` v = `All Custom Data`
)->a( n = `app:myData` v = `Hello`
)->a( n = `app:mySuperExtraData` v = `just great`
)->a( n = `press` v = client->_event( val = `ALL`
arg = `$event.getSource().data()` ) ).
" a core:CustomData in the item template is cloned for every row, and its
" value binding resolves against that row - so each item carries its answer
DATA(list) = page->ele( `List`
)->a( n = `headerText` v = `CustomData in a list binding - select a question`
)->a( n = `mode` v = `SingleSelectMaster`
)->a( n = `items` v = client->_bind( t_questions )
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiResponsiveMargin`
)->a( n = `width` v = `auto`
)->a( n = `selectionChange` v = client->_event( val = `SELECT`
arg = `${$parameters>/listItem}.data('answer')` ) ).
list->ele( `StandardListItem`
)->a( n = `title` v = `{QUESTION}`
)->ele( `customData`
)->tag( n = `CustomData` ns = `core`
)->a( n = `key` v = `answer`
)->a( n = `value` v = `{ANSWER}` ).
page->tag( `Text`
)->a( n = `text` v = `Answer read from the selected item: ` && client->_bind( answer )
)->a( n = `class` v = `sapUiResponsiveMargin` ).
client->view_display( view->stringify( ) ).
ENDMETHOD.
ENDCLASS.
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