We need an application as a frame for the client. Each application must implement the interface jvx.rad.application.IApplication. In our example, we derive from the standard implementation com.sibvisions.rad.application.Application, whereby we use the following code:

FirstApplication.java

package apps.firstapp;
 
import jvx.rad.application.genui.UILauncher;
import jvx.rad.genui.UIImage;
import jvx.rad.genui.component.UIButton;
import jvx.rad.genui.container.UIToolBar;
import jvx.rad.genui.menu.UIMenu;
import jvx.rad.genui.menu.UIMenuItem;
import jvx.rad.remote.IConnection;
 
import com.sibvisions.rad.application.Application;
import com.sibvisions.rad.server.DirectServerConnection;
 
/**
 * First application with JVx, Enterprise Application Framework.
 * 
 * @author René Jahn
 */
public class FirstApplication extends Application
{
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // Initialization
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /**
   * Creates a new instance of <code>FirstApplication</code> with a technology-
   * dependent launcher.
   * 
   * @param pLauncher the technology dependent launcher
   * @throws Exception if initialization fails
   */
  public FirstApplication(UILauncher pLauncher) throws Exception
  {
    super(pLauncher);
  }
 
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // Overwritten Methods
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  protected IConnection createConnection() throws Exception
  {
    return new DirectServerConnection();
  }
 
  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  @Override
  protected String getApplicationName()
  {
    return "firstapp";
  }
 
  /**
  * {@inheritDoc}
  */
  @Override
  protected void afterLogin()
  {
    super.afterLogin();
 
    //configure MenuBar
 
    UIMenu menuMasterData = new UIMenu();
    menuMasterData.setText("Master data");
 
    UIMenuItem miDBEdit = createMenuItem
                          ("doOpenDBEdit", null, "DB Edit", 
                           UIImage.getImage(UIImage.SEARCH_LARGE));
 
    menuMasterData.add(miDBEdit);
 
    //insert before Help
    getMenuBar().add(menuMasterData, 1);
 
    //configure ToolBar
 
    UIToolBar tbMasterData = new UIToolBar();
 
    UIButton butDBEdit = createToolBarButton
                         ("doOpenFrame", null, "DB Edit", 
                          UIImage.getImage(UIImage.SEARCH_LARGE));
 
    tbMasterData.add(butDBEdit);
 
    getLauncher().addToolBar(tbMasterData);
  }
 
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // Actions
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /**
   * Opens the edit screen.
   * 
   * @throws Throwable if the edit frame can not be opened
   */
  public void doOpenDBEdit() throws Throwable
  {
    DBEditFrame frame = new DBEditFrame(this);
 
    configureFrame(frame);
 
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
 
}  // FirstApplication

Once we have created the application framework, we create our first workscreen with the following code:

DBEditFrame.java

package apps.firstapp.frames;
 
import jvx.rad.genui.container.UIGroupPanel;
import jvx.rad.genui.container.UIInternalFrame;
import jvx.rad.genui.control.UITable;
import jvx.rad.genui.layout.UIBorderLayout;
import jvx.rad.remote.AbstractConnection;
import jvx.rad.remote.MasterConnection;
 
import com.sibvisions.rad.application.Application;
import com.sibvisions.rad.model.remote.RemoteDataBook;
import com.sibvisions.rad.model.remote.RemoteDataSource;
 
/**
 * A simple database table editor.
 * 
 * @author René Jahn
 */
public class DBEditFrame extends UIInternalFrame
{
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // Class members
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /** the application. */
  private Application application;
 
  /** the communication connection to the server. */
  private AbstractConnection connection;
 
  /** the DataSource for fetching table data. */
  private RemoteDataSource dataSource = new RemoteDataSource();
 
  /** the contacts tabl. */
  private RemoteDataBook rdbContacts = new RemoteDataBook();
 
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // Initialization
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /**
   * Creates a new instance of DBEditFrame for a specific application.
   * 
   * @param pApp the application
   * @throws Throwable if the remote access fails
   */
  public DBEditFrame(Application pApp) throws Throwable
  {
    super(pApp.getDesktopPane());
 
    application = pApp;
 
    initializeModel();
    initializeUI();
  }
 
  /**
   * Initializes the model.
   * 
   * @throws Throwable if the initialization throws an error
   */
  private void initializeModel() throws Throwable
  {
    //we use a new "session" for the screen
    connection = ((MasterConnection)application.getConnection()).
    createSubConnection("apps.firstapp.frames.DBEdit");
    connection.open();
 
    //data connection
    dataSource.setConnection(connection);
    dataSource.open();
 
    //table
    rdbContacts.setDataSource(dataSource);
    rdbContacts.setName("contacts");
    rdbContacts.open();
  }
 
  /**
   * Initializes the UI.
   * 
   * @throws Exception if the initialization throws an error
   */
  private void initializeUI() throws Exception
  {
    UIGroupPanel group = new UIGroupPanel();
    group.setText("Available Contacts");
 
    UITable table = new UITable();
    table.setDataBook(rdbContacts);
 
    group.setLayout(new UIBorderLayout());
    group.add(table);
 
    //same behaviour as centered component in BorderLayout 
    setLayout(new UIBorderLayout());
    add(group); 
 
    setTitle("Contacts");
    setSize(new UIDimension(400, 500));
  } 
 
} // DBEditFrame

Once we have created the client, we need the corresponding business object on the server so as to define the source of the data more precisely. To do so, we use the following code:

DBEdit.java

package apps.firstapp.frames;
 
import jvx.rad.persist.IStorage;
 
import com.sibvisions.rad.persist.jdbc.DBStorage;
 
import apps.firstapp.Session;
 
/**
 * The LCO for the DBEdit WorkScreen.
 * 
 * @author René Jahn
 */
public class DBEdit extends Session
{
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // User-defined methods
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /**
   * Returns the contacts storage.
   * 
   * @return the contacts storage
   * @throws Exception if the initialization throws an error
   */
  public IStorage getContacts() throws Exception
  {
    DBStorage dbsContacts = (DBStorage)get("contacts");
 
    if (dbsContacts == null)
    {
      dbsContacts = new DBStorage();
      dbsContacts.setDBAccess(getDBAccess());
      dbsContacts.setFromClause("CONTACTS");
      dbsContacts.setWritebackTable("CONTACTS");
      dbsContacts.open();
 
      put("contacts", dbsContacts);
    }
 
    return dbsContacts;
  }
 
}  // DBEdit

In the business object, we referred to the data source with the method getDBAccess(). In our case, we use a HyperSQL database. We define the database connection in the following class:

Session.java

package apps.firstapp;
 
import com.sibvisions.rad.persist.jdbc.DBAccess;
import com.sibvisions.rad.persist.jdbc.IDBAccess
 
/**
 * The LCO for the session.
 * 
 * @author René Jahn
 */
public class Session extends Application
{
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  // User-defined methods
  //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
  /**
   * Returns access to the database.
   * 
   * @return the database access
   * @throws Exception if a connection error occurs
   */
  public IDBAccess getDBAccess() throws Exception
  {
    DBAccess dba = (DBAccess)get("dBAccess");
 
    if (dba == null)
    {
      dba = new HSQLDBAccess();
 
      dba.setUrl("jdbc:hsqldb:hsql://localhost/firstappdb"); 
      dba.setUsername("sa");
      dba.setPassword("");
      dba.open();
 
      put("dBAccess", dba);
    }
 
    return dba;
  }  
 
}  // Session

The application is now fully implemented and ready to run. To be able to work with the application, we need the database including the CONTACTS table, which we want to access. It has already been created in the Eclipse project and can be started with ../JVxFirstApp/db/startHSqlDB.bat.

Once the database has been started, the application can be started via the run menu in Eclipse. The finished application should now look as follows:

You can find more details about the components of a JVx application as well as step-by-step instructions for Eclipse under Step by step introductions to the JVx application.