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How to expose server-side methods to JavaScript running in a browser

How to expose server-side methods to JavaScript running in a browser

The server-side methods and objects available to Javascript running in a browser are defined in dwr.xml. By default, the DWR servlet will look for a configuration file named dwr.xml under [appRoot]/WEB-INF. It also allows you to use multiple configuration files with with locations specified in the web.xml. The following code sample demonstrates the key sections of the dwr.xml file and how they expose server-side functionality.

               storefront/ep-storefront-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/dwr.xml

<!DOCTYPE dwr PUBLIC
    "-//GetAhead Limited//DTD Direct Web Remoting 2.0//EN"
    "http://directwebremoting.org/schema/dwr20.dtd">

<dwr>
  <!-- Extending DWR -->
  <init>
  	<creator id="null" class="org.directwebremoting.create.NewCreator"/commerce-legacy/>
    <converter id="epBean" class="com.elasticpath.web.ajax.dwrconverter.EpBeanConverter"/commerce-legacy/>
    <converter id="moneyFormatterConverter" class="com.elasticpath.web.ajax.dwrconverter.MoneyFormatterConverter"/commerce-legacy/>
  </init>

  <allow>
    <!--create creator="spring" javascript="customerService" scope="application"-->
    <!-- scope value defaults to "page". Use of "session" requires cookies.  -->
    <!-- possible scope values: "application", "session", "request" and "page". -->

    <create creator="spring" javascript="geographyController">
      <param name="beanName" value="geographyController" />
      <include method="getSubCountries" />
    </create>


    <create creator="spring" javascript="skuConfigurationService">
      <param name="beanName" value="skuConfigurationService"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getAvailableOptionValues"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getSkuWithMatchingOptionValues"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getSkuWithMatchingOptionValuesAndQuantity"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getSkuConfigurationBean"/commerce-legacy/>
    </create>

  	<create creator="new" javascript="sesShoppingCart" scope="session">
  	  <param name="class" value="com.elasticpath.domain.shoppingcart.ShoppingCart"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getShippingServiceLevelList" />
      <include method="setSelectedShippingServiceLevelUid" />
      <include method="getTotalMoney"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getTaxMap"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getTaxCalculationResult"/commerce-legacy/>
	  <include method="getBeforeTaxTotal"/commerce-legacy/>
	  <include method="getBeforeTaxSubTotal"/commerce-legacy/>
    </create>

	<create creator="spring" javascript="shoppingCartAjaxController">
  	  <param name="beanName" value="shoppingCartAjaxController"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="estimateShippingAndTaxes" />
      <include method="calculateForSelectedShippingServiceLevel" />
      <include method="changeEstimationAddress"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getEstimateAddressStr"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getCartItemPrices"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getCartItemPricesFormattedForLocale"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getCart" />
      <include method="getLocale" />
    </create>

    <create creator="spring" javascript="autocompletionProduct">
    	<param name="beanName" value="autocompletionSearchProductService" />
    	<include method="findProducts" />
    </create>

	<create creator="spring" javascript="jsonBundleService">
      <param name="beanName" value="jsonBundleService"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="updateJsonBundle"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="getBundleConfigurationInventoryDetails"/commerce-legacy/>
    </create>

    <create creator="spring" javascript="moneyFormatter">
      <param name="beanName" value="moneyFormatter"/commerce-legacy/>
      <include method="format"/commerce-legacy/>
    </create>

    <!--CONVERTER MAPPINGS-->
	<convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.shipping.ShippingServiceLevel">
  		<param name="include" value="uidPk, shippingCost, regularShippingCost, localizedProperties, carrier"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

  	<convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.shoppingcart.ShoppingCart">
  		<param name="include" value="locale, subTotal, total, subtotalMoney, beforeTaxSubTotal, totalMoney, beforeTaxTotal, subtotalDiscountMoney,
  										shippingServiceLevelList, selectedShippingServiceLevel, shippingCost, beforeTaxShippingCost,
  										localizedTaxMap, inclusiveTaxCalculationInUse, shippingAddress, billingAddress, giftCertificateDiscountMoney"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

	<convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.shoppingCart.CartItem">
  		<param name="include" value="amountMoney"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.customer.Address">
  		<param name="include" value="uidPk, firstName, lastName, street1, street2, city, subCountry, country, zipOrPostalCode,  phoneNumber, faxNumber, zipOrPostalCode, commercialAddress"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.skuconfiguration.SkuOption">
  		<param name="include" value="optionKey, optionValues, optionValueMap, defaultOptionValue, ordering, localizedProperties"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.skuconfiguration.SkuOptionValue">
  		<param name="include" value="optionValueKey, code, image, ordering, localizedPropertiesMap"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

  	<convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.misc.LocalizedPropertyValue">
  		<param name="include" value="uidPk, value, localizedPropertyKey"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.catalog.Product">
  		<param name="include" value="uidPk, guid"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.catalog.ProductSku">
  		<param name="include" value="uidPk, skuCode, guid, product, image, optionValues, optionValueMap"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.inventory.InventoryDto">
  		<param name="include" value="quantityOnHand, reservedQuantity, restockDate, availableQuantityInStock"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.domain.misc.LocalizedProperties">
  		<param name="include" value="localizedPropertiesMap"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.GuidedSkuSelectionBean">
  		<param name="include" value="purchasable, productSku, inventory, availabilityCode, imageUrl, listPrice, lowestPrice, dollarSavings, lowestLessThanList, priceTierContents, infiniteQuantity, skuAvailable, priceTiers, minOrderQty"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

    <convert converter="moneyFormatterConverter" match="com.elasticpath.money.Money">
  		<param name="include" value="currency, amount"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

	<convert converter="moneyFormatterConverter" match="java.util.Locale">
  		<param name="include" value="language, country"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>
  	
  	<convert converter="bean" match="java.util.Currency">
  		<param name="include" value="currencyCode, symbol"/commerce-legacy/>
  	</convert>

	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.service.tax.TaxCalculationResult">
		<param name="include" value="taxValue"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>

	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.AutocompletionRequest">
		<param name="include" value="searchText"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>
	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.AutocompletionRequestImpl">
		<param name="include" value="searchText"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>

	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.AutocompletionSearchResultImpl">
		<param name="include" value="guid, name, image, url, description, price"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>

	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.AutocompletionSearchResult">
		<param name="include" value="guid, name, image, url, description, price"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>

	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.JsonBundleItemBeanImpl">
		<param name="include" value="path, productCode, skuCode, quantity, price, selected, selectionRule, calculatedBundle, calculatedBundleItem, constituents, priceTiers, priceAdjustment, recurringPrice, paymentSchedule, recurringPriceTiers, aggregatedPrices"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>

	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.PriceTierBeanImpl">
		<param name="include" value="minQty, price"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>
	
	<convert converter="bean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.AggregatedPrice">
		<param name="include" value="minQty, priceString"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>
	
	<convert converter="epBean" match="com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.SkuInventoryBean">
		<param name="include" value="alwaysAvailable, availableQuantityInStock, inventoryAvailabilityCode, restockDate"/commerce-legacy/>
	</convert>
  </allow>

  <signatures>
		<![CDATA[
			import java.util.List;
			import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.service.impl.SkuConfigurationServiceImpl;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.service.impl.ShoppingCartAjaxControllerImpl;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.service.impl.AutocompletionSearchProductServiceImpl;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.service.impl.JsonBundleServiceImpl;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.JsonBundleItemBeanImpl;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.PriceTierBeanImpl;
			import com.elasticpath.sfweb.ajax.bean.impl.AggregatedPrice;

			SkuConfigurationServiceImpl.getAvailableOptionValues(long productUid, List<String> selectedOptionValueCodes);
			SkuConfigurationServiceImpl.getSkuWithMatchingOptionValues(final long productUid, final List<String> optionValues, final String currencyCode, final HttpServletRequest request);
			SkuConfigurationServiceImpl.getSkuWithMatchingOptionValuesAndQuantity(final long productUid, final List<String> optionValues, final String currencyCode, final int quantity, final HttpServletRequest request);
			ShoppingCartAjaxControllerImpl.estimateShippingAndTaxes(final String countryCode, final String subCountryCode, final String zipOrPostalCode, final List<String> cartItemQtyList, final HttpServletRequest request);

			JsonBundleServiceImpl.updateJsonBundle(final JsonBundleItemBeanImpl bundle, final HttpServletRequest request);
			JsonBundleServiceImpl.getBundleConfigurationInventoryDetails(final JsonBundleItemBeanImpl bundle, final HttpServletRequest request);
			JsonBundleItemBeanImpl.setPriceTiers(List<PriceTierBeanImpl> priceTiers);
			JsonBundleItemBeanImpl.setRecurringPriceTiers(List<PriceTierBeanImpl> recurringPriceTiers);
			JsonBundleItemBeanImpl.setConstituents(List<JsonBundleItemBeanImpl> constituents);
			JsonBundleItemBeanImpl.setPriceAdjustment(BigDecimal adjustmentAmount);
			JsonBundleItemBeanImpl.setAggregatedPrices(List<AggregatedPrice> aggregatedPrices2);
    	]]>
  </signatures>

</dwr>

DWR.XML elements are described below:

Attribute Description

<init>

Defines new/customized Creator or Converter.

<allow>

Defines which classes DWR can create and convert.

<create>

Specifies how to create remote beans. Properties:

  • creator - specifies how to create the object (ie, "Spring", "new").
  • javascript - specifies an arbitrary name for the JavaScript proxy.
  • scope - specifies the scope of the bean instance.
  • include/exclude - elements define which methods are to/not to be exposed (can NOT use both).

<convert>

Specifies how to convert the method parameters. Properties:

  • converter - specifies the converter to marshal data between the client and the server.
  • match - the class of the parameter to be converted.
  • param - "include"/commerce-legacy/"exclude" specify the list of properties to/not to be exposed (can NOT use both).

<signatures>

Contains additional type information for the conversion process. This type information is required when passing a collection of objects to the server. In this case, DWR will use information in the <signatures> block to determine the type of the objects in the collection.

Note: Signatures Block

Use the signatures block in dwr.xml to declare the type of collections of Javascript objects being passed to the server.