Apple WebObjects 3.5 - Manual (Page 112)

Chapter 3 Creating a WebObjects Database Application
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Managing a DisplayGroup’s Selection
Remember how clicking a movie title in the Main page selects the
corresponding Movie object in
movieDisplayGroup . MovieDetails has a similar
behavior for selecting a MovieRole object in movieRoleDisplayGroup .
First you need to add a hyperlink element around the repetition’s role name
string so that users can select a particular MovieRole. When a user clicks one of
the movie role hyperlinks, the application should select the corresponding
MovieRole object in the
movieRoleDisplayGroup .
1. Select the repetition’s role name string element.
2. Click the Add WOHyperlink button in the Other WebObjects toolbar to
add a hyperlink element around the string.
Now you need to create an action method to invoke when the hyperlink is
clicked.
3. Use the Add Action command in the pull-down menu to add an action
named selectObject , returning null .
Before you write the body of the selectObject method, bind it to the hyperlink
while you’re still in WebObjects Builder.
4. Bind the selectObject method to the hyperlink’s action attribute.
Now write the code for selectObject in MovieDetail.java .
5. Modify the selectObject action to look like the following:
public Component selectObject()
{
movieRoleDisplayGroup.selectObject(movieRole);
return null;
}