JavascriptExample.C

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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2008 Emweb bvba, Kessel-Lo, Belgium.
 *
 * See the LICENSE file for terms of use.
 */
#include <iostream>

#include <Wt/WApplication>
#include <Wt/WBreak>
#include <Wt/WContainerWidget>
#include <Wt/WText>
#include <Wt/WPushButton>

#include "JavascriptExample.h"
#include "Popup.h"

using namespace Wt;

JavascriptExample::JavascriptExample(const WEnvironment& env)
  : WApplication(env)
{
  setTitle("Javascript example");

  // Create a popup for prompting the amount of money, and connect the
  // okPressed button to the slot for setting the amount of money.
  //
  // Note that the input provided by the user in the prompt box is passed as
  // an argument to the slot.
  promptAmount_ = Popup::createPrompt("How much do you want to pay?", "",
                                      this);
  promptAmount_->okPressed().connect(this, &JavascriptExample::setAmount);

  // Create a popup for confirming the payment.
  //
  // Since a confirm popup does not allow input, we ignore the
  // argument carrying the input (which will be empty anyway).
  confirmPay_ = Popup::createConfirm("", this);
  confirmPay_->okPressed().connect(this, &JavascriptExample::confirmed);

  new WText("<h2>Wt Javascript example</h2>"
            "<p>Wt makes abstraction of Javascript, and therefore allows you"
            " to develop web applications without any knowledge of Javascript,"
            " and which are not dependent on Javascript."
            " However, Wt does allow you to add custom Javascript code:</p>"
            " <ul>"
            "   <li>To call custom JavaScript code from an event handler, "
            "connect the Wt::EventSignal to a Wt::JSlot.</li>"
            "   <li>To call C++ code from custom JavaScript, use "
            "Wt.emit() to emit a Wt::JSignal.</li>"
            "   <li>To call custom JavaScript code from C++, use "
            "WApplication::doJavascript() or Wt::JSlot::exec().</li>"
            " </ul>"
            "<p>This simple application shows how to interact between C++ and"
            " JavaScript using the JSlot and JSignal classes.</p>", root());

  currentAmount_
    = new WText("Current amount: $" + promptAmount_->defaultValue(), root());

  WPushButton *amountButton = new WPushButton("Change ...", root());
  amountButton->setMargin(10, Left | Right);

  new WBreak(root());

  WPushButton *confirmButton = new WPushButton("Pay now.", root());
  confirmButton->setMargin(10, Top | Bottom);

  // Connect the event handlers to a JSlot: this will execute the JavaScript
  // immediately, without a server round trip.
  amountButton->clicked().connect(promptAmount_->show);
  confirmButton->clicked().connect(confirmPay_->show);

  // Set the initial amount
  setAmount("1000");
}

void JavascriptExample::setAmount(const std::string amount)
{
  // Change the confirmation message to include the amount.
  confirmPay_->setMessage("Are you sure you want to pay $" + amount + " ?");

  // Change the default value for the prompt.
  promptAmount_->setDefaultValue(amount);

  // Change the text that shows the current amount.
  currentAmount_->setText("Current amount: $" + promptAmount_->defaultValue());
}

void JavascriptExample::confirmed()
{
  new WText("<br/>Just payed $" + promptAmount_->defaultValue() + ".", root());
}

WApplication *createApplication(const WEnvironment& env)
{
  return new JavascriptExample(env);
}

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
   return WRun(argc, argv, &createApplication);
}