The Java RIA Framework

Hi Marc,

BasicImageViewDescriptor is the way to go. It allows you to embed an image view in the UI. The image view is backed by a binary property descriptor that containes the image binary data. The trunk HR Sample contains a new photo property that is displayed in an image view. It's now implemented in SJS but here is the generated Spring you can start from (until SJS gets officially released and documented) :

the model (defines a binary property on Employee to store the image data) :

   <!-- make the property descriptor a top-level bean
         so that it can be referenced as model -->
   <bean id="Employee-photo"
             class="org.jspresso.framework.model.descriptor.basic.BasicBinaryPropertyDescriptor">
      <property
         name="name"
         value="photo" />
      <property
         name="maxLength"
         value="1048576" />
      <property
         name="fileFilter">
         <map>
            <entry
               key="images">
               <list>
                  <value>.jpg</value>
                  <value>.bmp</value>
               </list>
            </entry>
         </map>
      </property>
   </bean>

   <bean
      id="Employee"
      class="org.jspresso.framework.model.descriptor.entity.basic.BasicEntityDescriptor">
      ...
      <property name="propertyDescriptors">
         <list>
            <ref bean="Employee-photo"/>
      ...

the view

  <!-- describe your imge view
       backed by the photo property -->
  <bean
    id="Employee-photo.pane"
    parent="decoratedView"
    class="org.jspresso.framework.view.descriptor.basic.BasicImageViewDescriptor" >
    <property
      name="actionMap"
      ref="binaryPropertyActionMap" />
    <property
      name="modelDescriptor"
      ref="Employee-photo" />
  </bean>

  <!-- use the photo image view
       in a composite view backed by the Employee -->
  <bean
    id="Employee.pane"
    class="org.jspresso.framework.view.descriptor.basic.BasicSplitViewDescriptor" >
    <property
      name="leftTopViewDescriptor"
      ref="Employee.component.pane" />
    <property
      name="rightBottomViewDescriptor"
      ref="Employee-photo.pane" />
    <property
      name="orientation"
      value="HORIZONTAL" />
  </bean>

HTH,

Vincent