GWT in Action, Second Edition

Chapter 9. The Editor framework

 

This chapter covers

• Introducing the Editor framework
• Moving data from objects using editors and drivers
• Using adapters that provide reusable editor logic

 

In the previous chapter you learned how to store and transfer data from beans residing on the server side to a client. In this chapter we’ll take a closer look at how you can plug this data into form fields on the client side through the use of the Editor framework, which saves you writing a bunch of code for copying data from widgets to bean objects.

The Editor framework is perhaps best explained with an example. Suppose you have a form with 10 TextBox fields, and when the user clicks Submit, you want to copy this data to a Java object that ...