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In this tutorial, we will following the guideline of developing a plugin to develop our Form Submission Statistics Generator. Please also refer to the very first tutorial How to develop a Bean Shell Hash Variable for more details steps.
1. What is the problem?
We have 2 SQL Chart menus (the queries used are dependent on MySQL) to show form data submission statistics and this 2 menus always need to replicate for different form.
2. What is your idea to solve the problem?
We can develop a Generator Plugin to ease the process to replicate the 2 SQL Chart menus for other forms.
3. What is the input needed for your plugin?
To develop a Generator Plugin for our 2 SQL Chart menus, we can consider to provide the following as input.
- Userview ID : Which userview to add this 2 SQL menus
- Some option for label change in Category label, Menu label, and Chart label
4. What is the output and expected outcome of your plugin?
2 SQL Chart menus will be added to the selected userview under a new category. One of the menu will show the monthly submission chart and another one will show the daily submission chart based on the year and month filter.
5. Is there any resources/API that can be reuse?
First, we can do build our 2 SQL Chart menus in one of the existing userview. Then, copy the JSON definition of the category which contains our 2 SQL Chart menus form the "ADVANCED: JSON Definition" on the bottom of the Userview Builder.
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After that, we can utilize the GeneratorUtil to add the category JSON definition to our selected userview JSON definition.
6. Prepare your development environment
We need to always have our Joget Workflow Source Code ready and builded by following this guideline.
The following of this tutorial is prepared with a Macbook Pro and Joget Source Code version 5.0.0. Please refer to Guideline of for developing a plugin for other platform command.
Let said our folder directory as following.
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- Home
- joget
- plugins
- jw-community
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The "plugins" directory is the folder we will create and store all our plugins and the "jw-community" directory is where the Joget Workflow Source code stored.
Run the following command to create a maven project in "plugins" directory.
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cd joget/plugins/ ~/joget/jw-community/5.0.0/wflow-plugin-archetype/create-plugin.sh org.joget.tutorial form_submission_statistics_generator 5.0.0 |
Then, the shell script will ask us to key in a version for your plugin and ask us for confirmation before generate the maven project.
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Define value for property 'version': 1.0-SNAPSHOT: : 5.0.0 [INFO] Using property: package = org.joget.tutorial Confirm properties configuration: groupId: org.joget.tutorial artifactId: form_submission_statistics_generator version: 5.0.0 package: org.joget.tutorial Y: : y |
We should get "BUILD SUCCESS" message shown in our terminal and a "form_submission_statistics_generator" folder created in "plugins" folder.
Open the maven project with your favour IDE. I will be using NetBeans.
7. Just code it!
a. Extending the abstract class of a plugin type
Create a "FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator" class under "org.joget.tutorial" package. Then, extend the class with org.joget.apps.generator.model.GeneratorPlugin abstract class. Please refer to Generator Plugin.
b. Implement all the abstract methods
As usual, we have to implement all the abstract methods. We will using AppPluginUtil.getMessage method to support i18n and using constant variable MESSAGE_PATH for message resource bundle directory.
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package org.joget.tutorial;
import org.joget.apps.app.service.AppPluginUtil;
import org.joget.apps.app.service.AppUtil;
import org.joget.apps.generator.model.GeneratorPlugin;
import org.joget.apps.generator.model.GeneratorResult;
public class FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator extends GeneratorPlugin {
private final static String MESSAGE_PATH = "messages/FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator";
public String getName() {
return "File Link Datalist Formatter";
}
public String getVersion() {
return "5.0.0";
}
public String getClassName() {
return getClass().getName();
}
public String getLabel() {
//support i18n
return AppPluginUtil.getMessage("org.joget.tutorial.FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.pluginLabel", getClassName(), MESSAGE_PATH);
}
public String getDescription() {
//support i18n
return AppPluginUtil.getMessage("org.joget.tutorial.FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.pluginDesc", getClassName(), MESSAGE_PATH);
}
public String getPropertyOptions() {
return AppUtil.readPluginResource(getClassName(), "/properties/formSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.json", null, true, MESSAGE_PATH);
}
@Override
public String getExplanation() {
//support i18n
return AppPluginUtil.getMessage("generator.formSubmissionStatistics.explanation", getClassName(), MESSAGE_PATH);
}
@Override
public GeneratorResult generate() {
throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet.");
}
} |
Then, we have to do a UI for admin user to provide inputs for our plugin. In getPropertyOptions method, we already specify our Plugin Properties Options definition file is locate at "/properties/formSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.json". Let us create a directory "resources/properties" under "form_submission_statistics_generator/src/main" directory. After create the directory, create a file named "formSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.json" in the "properties" folder.
In the properties definition options file, we will need to provide options as below. Please note that we can use "@@message.key@@" syntax to support i18n in our properties options.
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[{ title : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.config@@', properties : [ { name : 'userviewId', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview@@', type : 'selectbox', value: '[default_userviewId]', options_ajax : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/console/app[APP_PATH]/userview/options' }] }, { nametitle : 'categoryLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.categoryLabel@@advanced@@', properties : [ type : 'textfield',{ requiredlabel : 'true@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.label.options@@', valuetype : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.categoryLabel.value@@header' }, { name : 'monthlyMenuLabelmonthlyChartTitle', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuLabel@@monthlyChartTitle@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuLabelmonthlyChartTitle.value@@' }, { name : 'monthlyChartTitlemonthlyXAxisLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyChartTitle@@monthlyXAxisLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyChartTitlemonthlyXAxisLabel.value@@' }, { name : 'monthlyXAxisLabeldailyChartTitle', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyXAxisLabel@@dailyChartTitle@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyXAxisLabeldailyChartTitle.value@@' }, { name : 'dailyMenuLabeldailyXAxisLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuLabel@@dailyXAxisLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuLabeldailyXAxisLabel.value@@' }, { name : 'dailyChartTitleyAxisLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyChartTitle@@yAxisLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyChartTitleyAxisLabel.value@@' }, { name : 'dailyXAxisLabelyearLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyXAxisLabel@@yearLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyXAxisLabelyearLabel.value@@' }, { name : 'yAxisLabelmonthLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.yAxisLabel@@monthLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.yAxisLabelmonthLabel.value@@' }] }] |
In the plugin properties option, you may notice we are using "[default_userviewId]" in "userviewId" property. We will use the "[formName]" in some properties as well. So, we will need to modify the getPropertyOptions method to cater for this values.
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, { name : 'showLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.showLabel@@', type : |
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: '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.showLabel.value@@' }, { |
label |
: '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.useriewMenu.options@@', type : 'header' |
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}, { name : 'categoryLabel', |
label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.categoryLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.categoryLabel.value@@' }, { name : 'monthlyMenuId', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuId@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', regex_validation : '^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$', validation_message : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.menuId.invalidId@@', value : '[formId]_monthly' }, { name : 'monthlyMenuLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuLabel.value@@' }, { name : 'dailyMenuId', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuId@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', regex_validation : '^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$', validation_message : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.menuId.invalidId@@', value : '[formId]_daily' }, { name : 'dailyMenuLabel', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuLabel@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuLabel.value@@' }, { label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.createUserviewOptions@@', type : 'header', control_field: 'userviewId', control_value: '', control_use_regex: 'false', }, { name : 'userviewNewId', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.id@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.id.value@@', regex_validation : '^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+$', validation_message : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.id.invalidId@@', control_field: 'userviewId', control_value: '', control_use_regex: 'false' }, { name : 'userviewName', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.name@@', type : 'textfield', required : 'true', value : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.name.value@@', control_field: 'userviewId', control_value: '', control_use_regex: 'false' }, { name : 'userviewDesc', label : '@@generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.description@@', type : 'textarea', rows : "3", control_field: 'userviewId', control_value: '', control_use_regex: 'false' }] }] |
In the plugin properties option, you may notice we are using "[default_userviewId]" in "userviewId" property. We will use the "[formName]" and "[formId]" in some properties as well. So, we will need to modify the getPropertyOptions method to cater for this values.
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public String getPropertyOptions() {
String options = AppUtil.readPluginResource(getClassName(), "/properties/formSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.json", null, true, MESSAGE_PATH);
//populate value like [formName] and [formId]
options = GeneratorUtil.populateFormMeta(options, getFormId(), getAppDefinition());
//populate value of [default_userviewId]
options = options.replace("[default_userviewId]", GeneratorUtil.getFirstAvailableUserviewId(getAppDefinition()));
return options;
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Once we done the properties option to collect input, we can work on the main method of the plugin which is format method.
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@Override
public GeneratorResult generate() {
GeneratorResult result = new GeneratorResult();
AppDefinition appDef = getAppDefinition();
try {
//get userview
UserviewDefinitionDao userviewDefinitionDao = (UserviewDefinitionDao) AppUtil.getApplicationContext().getBean("userviewDefinitionDao");
UserviewDefinition userviewDef = null;
String json = null;
String userviewId = getPropertyString("userviewId");
String userviewName;
String userviewDesc;
if (userviewId != null && !userviewId.isEmpty()) {
userviewDef = userviewDefinitionDao.loadById(userviewId, appDef);
}
if (userviewDef != null) {
userviewName = userviewDef.getName();
userviewDesc = userviewDef.getDescription();
json = userviewDef.getJson();
} else {
userviewId = getPropertyString("userviewNewId");
int count = 0;
while (isExist(userviewId, userviewDefinitionDao)) {
count++;
userviewId = userviewId + count;
}
userviewName = getPropertyString("userviewName");
userviewDesc = getPropertyString("userviewDesc");
}
if (json == null || json.isEmpty()) {
//create a new userview json
json = GeneratorUtil.createNewUserviewJson(userviewId, userviewName, userviewDesc);
}
//add the category json to userview json
json = GeneratorUtil.addCategoryJsonToUserviewJson(getCategoryJson(appDef), json);
//Store the userview json
if (userviewDef != null) {
userviewDef.setJson(json);
userviewDefinitionDao.update(userviewDef);
}else {
userviewDef = new UserviewDefinition();
userviewDef.setJson(json);
userviewDef.setId(userviewId);
userviewDef.setName(userviewName);
userviewDef.setAppDefinition(appDef);
userviewDefinitionDao.add(userviewDef);
//Set current published version
final AppDefinition currentAppDef = appDef;
TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate = (TransactionTemplate)AppUtil.getApplicationContext().getBean("transactionTemplate");
transactionTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Object>() {
public Object doInTransaction(TransactionStatus ts) {
AppService appService = (AppService)AppUtil.getApplicationContext().getBean("appService");
appService.publishApp(currentAppDef.getId(), currentAppDef.getVersion().toString());
return null;
}
});
}
//show message to continue edit
String editLink = WorkflowUtil.getHttpServletRequest().getContextPath() + "/web/console/app/"+appDef.getAppId()+"/"+appDef.getVersion()+"/userview/builder/"+userviewId;
String msg = AppPluginUtil.getMessage("generator.formSubmissionStatistics.msg.success", getClassName(), MESSAGE_PATH);
msg = msg.replace("[url]", editLink);
result.setMessage(msg);
} catch (Exception e) {
result.setError(true);
result.setMessage(AppPluginUtil.getMessage("generator.formSubmissionStatistics.msg.error", getClassName(), MESSAGE_PATH));
LogUtil.error(getClassName(), e, "Not able to generate the menus");
}
return result;
}
/**
* Retrieves the category JSON definition
* @param appDef
* @return
*/
protected String getCategoryJson(AppDefinition appDef) {
Collection<String> args = new ArrayList<String>();
AppService appService = (AppService)AppUtil.getApplicationContext().getBean("appService");
String tabelName = appService.getFormTableName(appDef, getFormId());
args.add(UuidGenerator.getInstance().getUuid()); //category id
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("categoryLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //category label
args.add(UuidGenerator.getInstance().getUuid()); //monthly menu uuid
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("monthlyMenuId"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly menu custom id
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("monthlyMenuLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly menu label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("monthlyChartTitle"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly chart title
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("monthlyXAxisLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly x-axis label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("yAxisLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly y-axis label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(tabelName, StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly form table name
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("yearLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly year label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("showLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //monthly show button label
args.add(UuidGenerator.getInstance().getUuid()); //daily menu uuid
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("dailyMenuId"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily menu custom id
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("dailyMenuLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily menu label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("dailyChartTitle"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily chart title
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("dailyXAxisLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily x-axis label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("yAxisLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily y-axis label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(tabelName, StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily form table name
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("yearLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily year label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("monthLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily month label
args.add(StringUtil.escapeString(getPropertyString("showLabel"), StringUtil.TYPE_JSON, null)); //daily show button label
String json = AppUtil.readPluginResource(getClass().getName(), "/resources/category.json", args.toArray(), true, null);
return json;
}
/**
* Checks for a userview is already exist
* @param id
* @param userviewDefinitionDao
* @return
*/
protected boolean isExist(String id, UserviewDefinitionDao userviewDefinitionDao) {
Long count = userviewDefinitionDao.count("AND id = ?", new String[]{id}, getAppDefinition());
return count > 0;
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In the getCategoryJson method, we will retrieve the category JSON definition form "/resources/category.json" file. Let us create a directory "resources/resources" under "form_submission_statistics_generator/src/main" directory. After create the directory, create a file named "category.json" in the "resources" folder. Then, copy the category JSON definition we created previously and paste it inside this file. We will need to replace some of the hardcoded value as variable and remember to escape those existing "%" to "%%" as the AppUtil.readPluginResource using String.format for injects value into the file.
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{
"className": "org.joget.apps.userview.model.UserviewCategory",
"properties": {
"id": "category-%s",
"label": "%s"
},
"menus": [{
"className": "org.joget.plugin.enterprise.SqlChartMenu",
"properties": {
"id": "%s",
"customId": "%s",
"label": "%s",
"chartType": "bar",
"title": "%s",
"categoryAxisLabel": "%s",
"xAxisDisplayAS": "",
"valueAxisLabel": "%s",
"yaxisPrefix": "",
"showLegend": "",
"showValueLabel": "true",
"stack": "",
"horizontal": "",
"chartWidth": "100%%",
"chartHeight": "80%%",
"colors": "",
"query": "SELECT DATE_FORMAT(STR_TO_DATE(m.monthYear, '%%c-%%Y'),'%%b %%y') as monthYear, COUNT(fd.dateCreated) AS 'Number'\nFROM \n(\n SELECT my.month, CONCAT(my.month, '-', IF(('#requestParam.year?sql#' REGEXP '^[0-9]{4}$'), '#requestParam.year?sql#' , '#date.yyyy?sql#')) AS monthYear FROM (\n SELECT 1 AS month UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9 UNION SELECT 10 UNION SELECT 11 UNION SELECT 12\n ) my\n) m\nLEFT JOIN \n(\n\t select dateCreated FROM app_fd_%s\n) fd\nON m.monthYear=DATE_FORMAT(fd.dateCreated,'%%c-%%Y')\nGROUP BY monthYear\nORDER BY m.month",
"customHeader": "<div class=\"filter\">\n <form action=\"?\" method=\"GET\">\n <label>%s: <\/label><input name=\"year\" value=\"#requestParam.year?html#\"\/>\n <input type=\"submit\" value=\"%s\"\/>\n <\/form>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n $(function(){\n if ($(\"[name='year']\").val() === \"\") {\n $(\"[name='year']\").val(\"#date.yyyy#\");\n }\n });\n<\/script>\n<br\/>\n<br\/>",
"customFooter": "",
"datasource": "default",
"keyName": ""
}
}, {
"className": "org.joget.plugin.enterprise.SqlChartMenu",
"properties": {
"id": "%s",
"customId": "%s",
"label": "%s",
"chartType": "bar",
"title": "%s",
"categoryAxisLabel": "%s",
"xAxisDisplayAS": "",
"valueAxisLabel": "%s",
"yaxisPrefix": "",
"showLegend": "",
"showValueLabel": "true",
"stack": "",
"horizontal": "true",
"chartWidth": "100%%",
"chartHeight": "80%%",
"colors": "",
"query": "SELECT d.date_field, COUNT(fd.dateCreated) AS 'Number'\nFROM\n(\n SELECT\n MAKEDATE(IF(('#requestParam.year?sql#' REGEXP '^[0-9]{4}$'), '#requestParam.year?sql#' , '#date.yyyy?sql#'),1) +\n INTERVAL (IF(('#requestParam.month?sql#' REGEXP '^[0-9]{2}$'), '#requestParam.month?sql#' , '#date.MM?sql#') -1) MONTH +\n INTERVAL daynum DAY date_field\n FROM\n (\n SELECT t*10+u daynum\n FROM\n (SELECT 0 t UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3) A,\n (SELECT 0 u UNION SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3\n UNION SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION SELECT 7\n UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9) B\n ORDER BY daynum\n ) AA\n) d\nLEFT JOIN \n(\n\t select dateCreated FROM app_fd_%s\n) fd\nON d.date_field=DATE_FORMAT(fd.dateCreated,'%%Y-%%m-%%d')\nWHERE DATE_FORMAT(d.date_field,'%%m') = IF(('#requestParam.month?sql#' REGEXP '^[0-9]{2}$'), '#requestParam.month?sql#' , '#date.MM?sql#')\nGROUP BY d.date_field\nORDER BY d.date_field desc",
"customHeader": "<div class=\"filter\">\n <form action=\"?\" method=\"GET\">\n <label>%s: <\/label><input name=\"year\" value=\"#requestParam.year?html#\"\/> \n <label>%s: <\/label><select name=\"month\"\/>\n <option value=\"01\">Jan<\/option>\n <option value=\"02\">Feb<\/option>\n <option value=\"03\">Mar<\/option>\n <option value=\"04\">Apr<\/option>\n <option value=\"05\">May<\/option>\n <option value=\"06\">Jun<\/option>\n <option value=\"07\">Jul<\/option>\n <option value=\"08\">Aug<\/option>\n <option value=\"09\">Sep<\/option>\n <option value=\"10\">Oct<\/option>\n <option value=\"11\">Nov<\/option>\n <option value=\"12\">Dec<\/option>\n <\/select>\n <input type=\"submit\" value=\"%s\"\/>\n <\/form>\n<\/div>\n<script>\n $(function(){\n if ($(\"[name='year']\").val() === \"\") {\n $(\"[name='year']\").val(\"#date.yyyy#\");\n }\n if ($(\"[name='month']\").val() !== \"#requestParam.month?javascript#\" \n && '#requestParam.month?javascript#' !== \"\"\n && $(\"[name='month'] option[value='#requestParam.month?javascript#']\").length > 0 ) {\n $(\"[name='month']\").val('#requestParam.month?javascript#');\n } else {\n $(\"[name='month']\").val(\"#date.MM#\");\n }\n });\n<\/script>\n<br\/>\n<br\/>",
"customFooter": "",
"datasource": "default",
"keyName": ""
}
}]
} |
c. Manage the dependency libraries of your plugin
Our plugin is using javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest and javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse class, so we will need to add jsp-api library to our POM file.
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<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
<artifactId>jsp-api</artifactId>
<version>2.0</version>
</dependency>
<!-- End change plugin specific dependencies here --> |
d. Make your plugin internationalization (i18n) ready
We are using i18n message key in getLabel and getDescription method. We also used i18n message key in our properties options definition as well. So, we will need to create a message resource bundle properties file for our plugin.
Create directory "resources/messages" under "form_submission_statistics_generator/src/main" directory. Then, create a "FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.properties" file in the folder. In the properties file, let add all the message keys and its label as below.
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org.joget.tutorial.FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.pluginLabel=Generate Form Submission Statistics
org.joget.tutorial.FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.pluginDesc=Generate 2 SQL Chart Menus for form submission statistics
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.explanation=Create 2 SQL Chart Menus based on the current form for submission statistics. Note: This is dependent for MySQL database.
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.config=Options
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview=Userview
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.advanced=Advanced
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.label.options=Label Options
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.categoryLabel=Category Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.categoryLabel.value=[formName] Statistics
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.menuId.invalidId=Only alpha-numeric and underscore characters allowed
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuId=Monthly Menu id
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuLabel=Montly Menu Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyMenuLabel.value=Monthly Submission Chart
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyChartTitle=Montly Chart Title
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyChartTitle.value=[formName] Monthly Submission Chart
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyXAxisLabel=Montly X-axis Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthlyXAxisLabel.value=Month
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuId=Daily Menu Id
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuLabel=Daily Menu Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyMenuLabel.value=Daily Submission Chart
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyChartTitle=Daily Chart Title
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyChartTitle.value=[formName] Daily Submission Chart
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyXAxisLabel=Daily X-axis Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.dailyXAxisLabel.value=Date
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.yAxisLabel=Y-axis Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.yAxisLabel.value=Number
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.yearLabel=Year Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.yearLabel.value=Year
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthLabel=Month Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.monthLabel.value=Month
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.showLabel=Show Label
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.showLabel.value=Show
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.useriewMenu.options=Userview Label Options
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.createUserviewOptions=Create New Userview Options
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.id=Userview ID
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.id.value=v
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.id.invalidId=Only alpha-numeric and underscore characters allowed
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.name=Userview Name
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.name.value=[appName]
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.userview.description=Userview Description
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.msg.success=Menus generated. Click <a href="[url]" target="_blank">here</a> to continue edit in Userview Builder.
generator.formSubmissionStatistics.msg.error=Error during generating Form Submission Statistics Menus! |
e. Register your plugin to Felix Framework
We will have to register our plugin class in Activator class (Auto generated in the same class package) to tell Felix Framework that this is a plugin.
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public void start(BundleContext context) {
registrationList = new ArrayList<ServiceRegistration>();
//Register plugin here
registrationList.add(context.registerService(FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator.class.getName(), new FormSubmissionStatisticsGenerator(), null));
} |
f. Build it and testing
Let build our plugin. Once the building process is done, we will found a "form_submission_statistics_generator-5.0.0.jar" file is created under "form_submission_statistics_generator/target" directory.
Then, let upload the plugin jar to Manage Plugins. After upload the jar file, double check the plugin is uploaded and activated correctly.
Now, we can open one for our form in Form Builder for testing the generator. Click on the "Generate App" button on right top of the Form Builder. Please refer to Generate App.
Let us check the properties page for "Advanced Generator".
After the generation process is done.
A new category is added to our userview.
The SQL chart menus will shown as following.
8. Take a step further, share it or sell it
You can download the source code from form_submission_statistics_generator.zip.
To download the ready-to-use plugin jar, please find it in http://marketplace.joget.org/
}Once we done the properties option to collect input, we can work on the main method of the plugin which is format method.