Interface contracts of the web UI framework - state management on the client side and server side

The state management has contracts of the web UI framework on both client and server side.

The state management task has interface contracts on both the client side (JavaScript) and the server side (Java™).

For more information, refer to:
  • The Ext JS framework documentation for Version 2.2.1 or Version 3.0.2.
  • The Java API documentation in your installation directory (<INSTALL_DIR>/xapidocs/core_javadocs).
Interface Contract Description Methods
SC.platform.state.StateProvider (client side)

Implements the Ext.state.Provider base class for state provider implementations.

Ext.state.Provider has the following methods:
  • get

    Returns the current value for a key.

  • clear

    Clears a value from the state.

  • set

    Sets the value for a key.

An example of a custom implementation of state management is in the Ext.state.CookieProvider class.
Includes the following utility methods:
  • Retrieves the state from the database, given the ScreenName and the ComponentName.
  • Retrieves a list of all component states from a database, given a ScreenName.
  • Persists a state to a database, given a ScreenName and a ComponentName.
  • Clears a state, given a ScreenName and a ComponentName.
ISCUIStateProvider (server side)

Manages the saving and retrieving of the UI state.

Use one of the following methods to implement this contract:
  • Make the following web.xml context parameter entry:
    • <param-name>
    • scui-uistate-provider
    • </param-name>
    • <param-value>
    • (Fully qualified class name of the implementation)
    • </param-value>
  • Call the setUIStateProvider utility method of the SCUIStateHelper class.
  • getUIState(userId, componentId, screenId, applicationId, uiContext)

    Retrieves the state of the given component.

  • getListOfUIStatesForScreen(userId, screenId, applicationId, uiContext)

    Retrieves the full list of state information for all components belonging to the specified screen.

  • init(servletContext)

    Performs initialization. Called only once in the life cycle.

  • saveUIState(uiState, uiContext)

    Saves/persists the provided state object.

  • saveUIStatesList(uiStateList, uiContext)

    Saves/persists the provided list of state objects.