catalogueWelcomeScreenPlugin.java

package plugins.welcome;

import org.molgenis.framework.db.Database;
import org.molgenis.framework.ui.EasyPluginController;
import org.molgenis.framework.ui.FreemarkerView;
import org.molgenis.framework.ui.ScreenController;
import org.molgenis.framework.ui.ScreenView;
import org.molgenis.util.Tuple;

/**
 * catalogueWelcomeScreenPluginController takes care of all user requests and
 * application logic.
 * 
 * <li>Each user request is handled by its own method based action=methodName.
 * <li>MOLGENIS takes care of db.commits and catches exceptions to show to the
 * user <li>catalogueWelcomeScreenPluginModel holds application state and
 * business logic on top of domain model. Get it via
 * this.getModel()/setModel(..) <li>catalogueWelcomeScreenPluginView holds the
 * template to show the layout. Get/set it via this.getView()/setView(..).
 */
public class catalogueWelcomeScreenPlugin extends EasyPluginController<catalogueWelcomeScreenPluginModel>
{
	/**
	 * 
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 9184585349766336485L;

	public catalogueWelcomeScreenPlugin(String name, ScreenController<?> parent)
	{
		super(name, parent);
		this.setModel(new catalogueWelcomeScreenPluginModel(this)); // the
																	// default
																	// model
	}

	public ScreenView getView()
	{
		return new FreemarkerView("catalogueWelcomeScreenPluginView.ftl", getModel());
	}

	/**
	 * At each page view: reload data from database into model and/or change.
	 * 
	 * Exceptions will be caught, logged and shown to the user automatically via
	 * setMessages(). All db actions are within one transaction.
	 */
	@Override
	public void reload(Database db) throws Exception
	{

		// //example: update model with data from the database
		// Query q = db.query(Investigation.class);
		// q.like("name", "molgenis");
		// getModel().investigations = q.find();

	}

	/**
	 * When action="updateDate": update model and/or view accordingly.
	 * 
	 * Exceptions will be logged and shown to the user automatically. All db
	 * actions are within one transaction.
	 */
	public void updateDate(Database db, Tuple request) throws Exception
	{
		getModel().date = request.getDate("date");

		// //Easily create object from request and add to database
		// Investigation i = new Investigation(request);
		// db.add(i);
		// this.setMessage("Added new investigation");

		getModel().setSuccess("Update successful");
	}
}