Hi all,
I want to now how i can integrate some already made components to Vaadin.
I have some needs with others GWT components (found in SmartGWT library) and i want to know how i can include them into my Vaadin environment !
Is it possible to have explainations and a little example with a little component please ?
I hope you can yelp me …
Thank you.
The
chapter on developing custom components
in the Book of Vaadin does describe this. There is even an example of integrating a GWT color picker widget a bit later in the chapter.
The color picker example is also available as a Maven archetype (com.vaadin:vaadin-archetype-sample).
I have not looked into the implementation of SmartGWT components myself. However, it seems to me that at least with some SmartGWT components, you might run into other issues, such as fitting their data model to Vaadin. Also, do check the licenses of the components you are integrating - SmartGWT is a commercial product.
Hi,
I recently implemented an
AddThis integration widget
so that it first implements a pure GWT widget (AddThisToolbox.java) which is turn is integrated to Vaadin (VAddThisToolbox.java). This could give you some ideas for the client-side integration. GWT/client-side code at:
http://dev.vaadin.com/svn/contrib/AddThis/src/org/vaadin/addthis/client/ui/
Note, that in addition to client-side you also you need a server-side counterpart. Inherit a AbstractComponent, AbstractField (or any other suitable Vaadin component) and override paintContent and changeVariables to communicate with the client-side.
Also remember that with GWT the client-side code resides within Java package named “client”. In Vaadin we have typically used package name “client.ui”. Server-side Java code can be anywhere in your source tree.