Unit 2 - Lesson 3 - Inserting Data and Linking Pages

Question 1

Describe the use of ACTION_SET

Answer 1

Groups buttons or links (ACTION_CONTROLs)
Style depends on the location on the page.
Page one or two, page three or more, cluster, list, modal dialog.

Question 2

Describe the use of ACTION_SET

Answer 2

Groups buttons or links (ACTION_CONTROLs)
Style depends on the location on the page.
Page one or two, page three or more, cluster, list, modal dialog.

Question 3

Describe the use of ACTION_CONTROL

Answer 3

Represents buttons or Links

Question 4

List steps in a typical Curam development process

Answer 4

x

Question 5

How to make field editable

Answer 5

With CONNECT element that includes TARGET element

Question 6

Explain SERVER_INTERFACE PHASE attribute

Answer 6

PHASE
DISPLAY: The server interface is called when the page loads
ACTION: The server interface is called when a button on the page is pressed
If the PHASE attribute is omitted, the server interface defaults to DISPLAY

Question 7

Describe the use of LINK

Answer 7

Linking from one page to another

Question 8

ACTION_CONTROL display criteria

Answer 8

Page level - upper right of the page. 1-2 - icon, 3+ drop down list.
Cluster - left top and bottom of the cluster default. Customise with TOP, BOTTOM and ALIGNMENT attributes.
List - if LIST with TYPE=”LIST_ROW_MENU” - action controls displayed as drop down list. Else as button before and after the list.
Modal - as buttons on the bottom right.
Drop down actions can be disabled via conditional evaluation and the HIDE_CONDITIONAL_LINKS attribute in curam-config.xml set to FALSE.

Attributes: TYPE, TOP, BOTTOM, ALIGNMENT
Elements: ACTION_CONTROL, CONDITION, SEPARATOR

Question 9

explain TYPE in ACTION_CONTROL

Answer 9

ACTION - used to create a link to another page
SUBMIT -used to create a button that calls any ACTION phase server interfaces on this page
DISMISS - used to create a button that closes a popup page
SUBMIT_AND_DISMISS submit with closing of a pop up page
FILE_DOWNLOAD download file stored as evidence on a case
CLIPBOARD - copy information into system clipboard

Must have LABEL and/or IMAGE attribute. IMAGE refer entry in Image.properties

Optional: STYLE, CONFIRM, DEFAULT action (only on submit type), ACTION_ID (only on submit type) informs server side which action control

LINK element can be added to ACTION_CONTROL to link to a specific page.
SCRIPT element to call JAVASCRIPT
CONNECT for type CLIPBOARD
CONDITION to determine to display or not

Attributes: LABEL, IMAGE, STYLE, CONFIRM, TYPE, DEFAULT, ACTION_ID

Elements: LINK, CONNECT, SCRIPT, CONDITION

Question 10

Describe the use of ACTION_CONTROL

Answer 10

Represents a control, such as a button or hyperlink, that can be used to execute a command or link

Question 11

List steps in a typical Curam development process

Answer 11

x

Question 12

How to make field editable

Answer 12

With CONNECT element that includes TARGET element

Question 13

Explain SERVER_INTERFACE PHASE attribute

Answer 13

PHASE
DISPLAY: The server interface is called when the page loads
ACTION: The server interface is called when a button on the page is pressed
If the PHASE attribute is omitted, the server interface defaults to DISPLAY

Question 14

Describe the use of LINK

Answer 14

Linking from one page to another

Question 15

ACTION_CONTROL display criteria

Answer 15

Page level - upper right of the page. 1-2 - icon, 3+ drop down list.
Cluster - left top and bottom of the cluster default. Customise with TOP, BOTTOM and ALIGNMENT attributes.
List - if LIST with TYPE=”LIST_ROW_MENU” - action controls displayed as drop down list. Else as button before and after the list.
Modal - as buttons on the bottom right.
Drop down actions can be disabled via conditional evaluation and the HIDE_CONDITIONAL_LINKS attribute in curam-config.xml set to FALSE.

Attributes: TYPE, TOP, BOTTOM, ALIGNMENT
Elements: ACTION_CONTROL, CONDITION, SEPARATOR

Question 16

ACTION_CONTROL example

Question 17

explain TYPE in ACTION_CONTROL

Answer 17

ACTION - used to create a link to another page

SUBMIT -used to create a button that calls any ACTION phase server interfaces on this page

Question 18

LINK element

Answer 18

Mainly used to connect to another page
Normally a child of ACTION_CONTROL
Can be used within a FIELD (FIELD value displays as hyperlink)
Invoked after call to SERVER_INTERFACE. Value returned from server interface can be passed as a page parameter to the PAGE_PARAMETER on the target page.
Typically has one attribute - PAGE_ID and optional CONNECT element. PAGE_ID is target page. To call server function and return to the same page set PAGE_ID to THIS.

To avoid setting PAGE_ID - externalise it to CuramLinks.properties via PAGE_ID_REF. Also can link external page via URL.

Attributes: PAGE_ID, PAGE_ID_REF, URL, URI, URI_REF, URI_SOURCE_NAME, URI_SOURCE_PROPERTY, SAVE_LINK, SET_HIERARCHY_RETURN_PAGE, USE_HIERARCHY_RETURN_PAGE, HOME_PAGE, OPEN-MODAL, DISMISS_MODAL, WINDOW_OPTIONS

Elements: CONNECT, CONDITION

Question 19

List PAGE execution steps

Answer 19

Load page parameters
Execute DISPLAY phase server interface
Populate fields and render page
The user performs a task and clicks a button
Execute ACTION phase server interface
Execute LINK to connect to another page
Dismiss page

Question 20

Typical Server development process

Answer 20

[H2]
Start the H2 Server
[Model]
Use RSA to perform modeling
Save model
[Build]
build [clean] generated
(or sub target msggen, ctgen, etc)
build database
(if necessary)
[Code]
Refresh server project in Eclipse
Write code
[Start server]
Start the transient naming server and RMIServer

Question 21

Typical Client development process

Answer 21

[Build]
build beandoc
[Client devel.]
Create UIMs and other client artefacts
[Build]
build [clean] client
[Refresh]
Refresh client project in Eclipse
[Tomcat]
Start Tomcat
[Test]
Start browser and test