DataSources can extract field values from complex JSON structures via XPath expressions (Smart GWT)
/* * SmartGWT (GWT for SmartClient) * Copyright 2008 and beyond, Isomorphic Software, Inc. * * SmartGWT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 * as published by the Free Software Foundation. SmartGWT is also * available under typical commercial license terms - see * http://smartclient.com/license * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. */ package com.smartgwt.sample.showcase.client; import com.google.gwt.core.client.EntryPoint; import com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.RootPanel; import com.smartgwt.client.data.DataSource; import com.smartgwt.client.data.fields.DataSourceTextField; import com.smartgwt.client.types.DSDataFormat; import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.Canvas; import com.smartgwt.client.widgets.grid.ListGrid; public class Showcase implements EntryPoint { public void onModuleLoad() { RootPanel.get().add(getViewPanel()); } public Canvas getViewPanel() { DataSource dataSource = new DataSource(); dataSource.setDataFormat(DSDataFormat.JSON); dataSource.setDataURL("data/dataIntegration/json/contactsData.js"); DataSourceTextField nameField = new DataSourceTextField("name", "Name"); DataSourceTextField emailField = new DataSourceTextField("email", "Email"); DataSourceTextField orgField = new DataSourceTextField("organization", "Organization"); DataSourceTextField phoneField = new DataSourceTextField("phone", "Phone"); DataSourceTextField streetField = new DataSourceTextField("street", "Street"); streetField.setValueXPath("address/street"); DataSourceTextField cityField = new DataSourceTextField("city", "City"); cityField.setValueXPath("address/city"); DataSourceTextField stateField = new DataSourceTextField("state", "State"); stateField.setValueXPath("address/state"); DataSourceTextField zipField = new DataSourceTextField("zip", "Zip"); zipField.setValueXPath("address/zip"); dataSource.setFields(nameField, emailField, orgField, phoneField, streetField, cityField, stateField, zipField); ListGrid grid = new ListGrid(); grid.setDataSource(dataSource); grid.setWidth100(); grid.setHeight(100); grid.setAutoFetchData(true); return grid; } }