How to set value for additional properties in action element?

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#1

Hi,

Currently , we can define some “standard” properties for action in screen xml,like ‘type’,‘id’,‘icon’ ect.

In a custom Action, it has some additional properties besides standard properties.

How to set the value for the additional properties in action element?

#2

Hi,

You cannot set additional properties for actions in XML. You can injected them to a screen controller and call API of an action there.

#3

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Also i have inspected the source code, found that it’s impossible for set additional properties for action currently.

That’s not a problem.In fact,it’s an idea from a developer in CUBA Chinese Forum,he want make a ‘common’ Action for table that can move up/down row.

I think that If we can set additional properties for Action like Spring Bean define in xml:

<bean name=="name">
    <property name="x" value="xValue" >
    <property name="y" value="yValue" >
</bean>.

Action declaration may be like :

<action id="rowmove1" type="rowMoveDownAction" caption="MoveDown">
       <property name="sortField" value="sn" >
</action>

That will be great help for make “common” action.

Or could you give a suggestion for make “common” Action?

Regards

#4

I’d recommend not to introduce actions with a lot of options, but instead - extract functionality to Spring beans, so they can be invoked from any place, not only as actions.

We will think about properties approach, but there are no concrete plans yet.

#5

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Finally, we found a approach to set additional properites for a Action,thanks to CUBA’s extendibilityl
We extend the LayoutLoaderConfig bean builtin CUBA Platform,and override the loadLoaderConfig method,
in there, we add a customized Loader to replace default Loader.

If the platform can “native support” additional properties,it will be great help.

Regards.