Apple WebObjects 3.5 - Manual (Page 56)

Chapter 2 Enhancing Your Application
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By using the name currentGuest for the item attribute, you are taking advantage
of the fact that the strings in your table are already bound to the fields of
currentGuest .
You now have finished implementing the repetition. When the table is
generated, it will have one row for each item in the
allGuests array.
15. Save the GuestList component.
16. Delete the table from Main, since you no longer need it.
17. Build and launch your application.
18. Test your application by entering data for multiple guests and verifying that
each guest appears in the table.
Adding the Finishing Touches
There are a few additional things you’ll do to make your application a bit more
user friendly:
• Add a button that, when clicked, clears the guest list.
• Add a hyperlink to the GuestList page that allows users to return to the
Main page.
Clearing the Guest List
While developing your application, you may find it useful to be able to remove
all guests from the list. (Typically, you wouldn’t allow users to remove all guests
from the list.)
1. In WebObjects Builder, make the GuestList component window active.
2. Choose Add Action from the pull-down menu at the bottom of the window.
In the panel, enter clearGuestList as the name of the action and set the
page returned to nil .
3. Choose View Source File from the pull-down menu.
Project Builder displays the code for GuestList.wos . You’ll notice that there is a
skeleton of the clearGuestList action method, using WebScript syntax, as well
as the declaration for currentGuest that you created previously.