Create a new WO Component
Version 3.1 by Mike Schrag on 2005/09/26 00:13
Let's add a new WO Component to our project.
- Right-Click/Ctrl-Click on the project and select "New" => "WOComponent"
- The "New WebObjects Component" dialog opens. The only required field is the WOComponent name. Let's just use the default "MyComponent" as the component name. I generally deselect "Create body tag" and "Create api file", but you can leave them if you'd like. Click "Finish" to continue.
- You should now have a new MyComponent.java in your source folder, a MyComponent.wo folder at the project root (or whereever you decide to add the component), a wod, woo, html, and optional api file, and the Component Editor should now open to show your new component.
- Switch to the "Java" tab and add the "greeting" method as defined in the picture below and save.
- Now switch to the "Component" tab, add a <webobject> tag in the HTML and save, then the WOD definition and save. Note that you must save each of the editors individually for changes to be visible -- even in the split view. If your file is unsaved, you will see a "" next to the filename in the tab at the top of the editor.
- Now switch to your Main.wo Component Editor "Component" tab and add a <webobject> tag named "Greeting" and save. Switch to the WOD editor and add a Greeting element that is of type "MyComponent" (you'll notice that code completion now shows MyComponent in the list, because it is a subclass of WOElement).
- Adding a new Java file technically is not a violation of Hot Code Replacement, however, WO seems to not like a new HTML template appearing in your bundle that it doesn't know about. So go ahead and stop your app if it's running and then re-debug it (from the previous instructions). You should now have a "Hello!" in Main.wo is generated by the embedded MyComponent component.
- Continue on to see how to Add a Framework Dependency to your project.