Plugin Properties Options allowed us to provide an UI for user to configure a plugin. This tutorial is to demonstrate how we can make use of Element (Plugin) Select property type "elementselect" to achieve a dynamic and dependency configuration page.
In this tutorial, I will create a sample process tool which will print out all the values of the dependency fields in that plugin. Please download the source code and sample plugin KB:here.
As usual, we need a JSON file for plugin properties options in our plugin. My sample plugin only has 1 "elementselect" field named "option" and the url pointed to its own web service implementation to retrieve dependency properties options.
File : /properties/app/pluginOptions.json
[
{
title : 'Edit Dependency Plugin Options Sample Tool',
properties : [
{
name:'option',
label:'Option',
type : 'elementselect',
options : [
{value : '', label : ''},
{value : 'option1', label : 'Option 1'},
{value : 'option2', label : 'Option 2'}
],
required : 'true',
url : '[CONTEXT_PATH]/web/json/app[APP_PATH]/plugin/org.joget.sample.DependencyPluginOptions/service?action=getJson',
}
]
}
]
And then, create another 2 JSON files for properties options which dependent on value "option1" and "option2" as below:
File : /properties/app/pluginOptions_option1.json
[
{
title : 'Option 1',
properties : [
{
name:'field1',
label:'field 1',
type : 'textfield'
},
{
name:'field2',
label:'field 2',
type : 'textfield'
},
{
name:'field3',
label:'field 3',
type : 'textfield'
}
]
}
]
File : /properties/app/pluginOptions_option2.json
[
{
title : 'Option 2',
properties : [
{
name:'field4',
label:'field 4',
type : 'textfield'
},
{
name:'field5',
label:'field 5',
type : 'textfield'
},
{
name:'field6',
label:'field 6',
type : 'textfield'
}
]
}
]
Once we done the properties options JSON definition files, we need to implement the PluginWebSupport interface to return the dependency properties options based on the selected value.
public void webService(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
boolean isAdmin = WorkflowUtil.isCurrentUserInRole(WorkflowUserManager.ROLE_ADMIN);
if (!isAdmin) {
response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_UNAUTHORIZED);
return;
}
String action = request.getParameter("action");
if ("getJson".equals(action)) {
String value = request.getParameter("value");
String output = "";
if (value != null && !value.isEmpty()) {
output = AppUtil.readPluginResource(getClass().getName(), "/properties/app/pluginOptions_"+value+".json", null, true, null);
}
response.getWriter().write(output);
} else {
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NO_CONTENT);
}
}
In my sample Process Tool plugin execute method, retrieve and print out the dependency options value.
public Object execute(Map properties) {
//To retrieve the values of dependecy options object
Object optionObj = properties.get("option");
if (optionObj instanceof Map) {
Map temp = (Map) optionObj;
// to get the value of option
String option = temp.get("className").toString();
System.out.println("Option : " + option);
// to get the value of dependecy fields
Map optionProp = (Map) temp.get("properties");
for (String key : (Set<String>) optionProp.keySet()) {
System.out.println(key + " : " + optionProp.get(key));
}
}
return null;
}
Below are some screenshots of the sample plugin. 
Plugin properties configuration screen when Option is empty.
When Option 1 is selected, a new properties page is shown.
Dependency properties options based on Option 1.
Dependency properties options based on Option 2.
Plugin output when Option 1 is selected.
Plugin output when Option 2 is selected.