GenericRCP Project Page

A rich client based on SpringRCP, wich generates the gui automatically by using a hibernate domain model (with .hbm.xml-file or annotations). The domain model must be jared and can be loaded in the application at runtime from local file system or referenced by url. Based on the domain model you can edit simple attributes e.g. Strings as well as relationships like one-to-many and many-to-many.

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User Guide

Starting GenericRCP

1. download "genericRCP.x.x.x.zip" and unpack it
2. start run.bat or doubleclick the jar
3. Now you should see your jar file and the package structur as tree.
4. If you click on a class, all objects of this type will be loaded and shown in the table on the right side.

CRUD Funktions

• Insert: With the insert button or by double click on a class in the tree a dialog appears for inserting an new object
• Edit: With the edit button or by double click on a row in the table a dialog appears for editing an object
• Delete: Select a row an click delete for deleting the object
• Reload: With reload all objects will be loaded from DB and shown in the table

RichTable

• With a right click on the table you get an popup menu
• In the columns menu you can remove/add columns of the table
• In the settings menu you can save or load current table settings like column order and width

Domain Jar Import

1. Execute "import DomainJar..." in the menu or in the toolbar to open the import wizard.
2. Select a "Domain Jar" with the filecooser or paste the path in the textfield.
3. The "Ui Jar" is optional an will be explained in chapter "Customizing"
4. In "Persistence Manager" select HibernateHbmXml or HibernateAnnotations
5. Fill the next page with informations about the DB connection
6. After clicking "import" you will be asked if you want to create the DB-schema. Click Yes if it dosen`t exists.
7. After a successfull import you can see your jar in the tree on the left side

For customizing the UI with custom bindings, renderer or icons see chapter "Customizing". If you're using appfuse you can direcly import the dao.jar into the GUI and test it.

External Libraries

If your domain model needs thrid party JARs you can add them into the "extlib" folder. If you're using the "ToStringBuilder" from "commons-lang.jar" for example you have to add this jar.

Developer Guide

Current CVS version of GenericRCP uses RichJTable wich is now availible at ibiblio under net/java/dev/richjtable.

TODO List (Snapshot)

• functionality for inserting new objects (done since 0.1.1)
• interface for integrating custom forms (done since 0.1.2)
• JDO support (no longer interesting because since 0.3.0 JPA is supported
• form for one-to-many (done since 0.3.0) and one-to-one
• reading xdoclet @javabean tags to make gui more comfortable

These are only a few todo-features. To see all go to Issue Tracker

Please post your experience, problems with building/running or ideas to improve genericRCP into the forum.

Project Members

• Andreas Baumgartner
• Peter Schneider-Manzell

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