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GW100 SAP NetWeaver Gateway

Consuming a Gateway Service in JavaScript


March, 2012

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Objectives

At the end of this chapter, you will understand:


How Use the SAP UI5 JavaScript Libraries to Create a Gateway
Service (Read-only)

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Agenda
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Consuming an OData Service using the SAPUI5 JavaScript Libraries

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Setup Eclipse Workspace


Create a new folder within your workspace. This will contain your SAP OData
developments.
Underneath this folder, create:
An index.html file
Three more folders named Models, Views and Controllers.

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Define a Basic Web Page 1/2


It is assumed that the SUPUI5 libraries are already installed on your web server
under /sapui5. Edit index.html and add the following coding to start with:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
Heres the important part
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<title>SAP OData/SAPUI5 demo</title>
Boot up SAPUI5, load a theme

then load the required libraries
<!-- Load SAPUI5, select gold reflection theme and load the commons, table and ux3
libraries -->
<script id="sap-ui-bootstrap" type="text/javascript"
src="/sapui5/resources/sap-ui-core.js"
data-sap-ui-theme="sap_goldreflection"
data-sap-ui-libs="sap.ui.commons,sap.ui.table,sap.ui.ux3"></script>

... snip ...
The output from SAPUI5

<body class="sapUiBody">
will be written here
<div id="shellArea"></div>
</body>
</html>

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Define a Basic Web Page 2/2


After the <script> tag to boot up SAPUI5, add the following JavaScript file
references:
<!-- Declare MVC files in reverse order of dependency
Models first, then controllers, then views -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="./Models/flightInfoModel.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="./Controllers/flightController.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="./Views/ui_utilities.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./Views/showFlights.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./Views/showAirports.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./Views/showBookings.js"></script>

The coding for models, views and controllers is separated into different files in order
to make it easier to manage.

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Create a JavaScript Closure for the Model


In the ./Models folder create flightInfoModel.js.
The following code creates a closure around the declaration of the OData model
object hiding it as a private property and exposing it through method getModel().
The statement to create the OData model is highlighted.
// **************************************************************************
// Create a model object closure
// **************************************************************************
var oFlightModel = (function(uri,service,user,password) {
var dflt_uri = uri || "http://localhost/sap/Gateway/ABC/";
var dflt_service = service || "Flight_Information_nn/";
var dflt_user = user || "GW_USER"; // Add default user
var dflt_password = password || "password"; // Add default user password

var oModel = new sap.ui.model.odata.ODataModel(dflt_uri + dflt_service,
false, dflt_user, dflt_password);

return {
getModel : function() { return oModel; },
getMetadata : function() { return oModel.oMetadata.dataServices.schema[0]; }
}
}());

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Create a Controller
In the ./Controllers folder create flightController.js.
In this example, the coding in the controller does nothing more than return an
anonymous object having methods that return the name of each of the entity types.
This functionality is used by a utility that creates a UI table for an entity type.
// **************************************************************************
// Define a controller for handling Flight Information
// **************************************************************************
sap.ui.controller("sap.training.gw100.controller.doFlightInfo",
(function() {
return {
Each controller is named using
getFlightEntityName: function() { return "Flight"; },
an arbitrary namespace.
getBookingEntityName: function() { return "Booking"; },
getAirportEntityName: function() { return "Airport"; },
};
}())
);

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Create Views for each Entity Type


In the ./Views folder create a file for each view called showAirports.js,
showFlights.js, and showBookings.js.
Here, well use a utility function to create the required UI table using the methods
found in the controller that return the entity type name.

Each view needs to know the


identity of its associated controller.
// ****************************************************************************
// Airports view
// ****************************************************************************
sap.ui.jsview("sap.training.gw100.view.show s",
Airport
{ getControllerName: function() { return "sap.training.gw100.controller.doFlightInfo"; },
createContent: function(oController) {
return buildTableFromMetadata(oFlightModel, oController.get EntityName());
Airport
}
}
);

This value is then passed to

method createContent()

This function is repeated for each view with the entity type name changed as
required.

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Utility to Create a UI Table from OData Metadata 1/2


In the ./Views folder create the file ui_utilities.js.
// ****************************************************************************
// Create a UI table based on supplied Entity Type name and OData metadata
// ****************************************************************************
var buildTableFromMetadata = function(oModel, entityName) {
var oMetaData = oModel.getMetadata()
var thisEntityType = oMetaData.namespace + "." + entityName;
var thisEntitySetName = "";
var colList = [];
var i = 0, j = 0;

// Loop around entity types
for (i=0; i<oMetaData.entityType.length; i++) {
// Have we found the entity type we're looking for?
if (oMetaData.entityType[i].name &&
oMetaData.entityType[i].name === entityName) {
// Use the fully qualified entity name to determine the entity set name
for (j=0; j<oMetaData.entityContainer[0].entitySet.length; j++) {
if (oMetaData.entityContainer[0].entitySet[j].entityType === thisEntityType) {
thisEntitySetName = oMetaData.entityContainer[0].entitySet[j].name;
}
}
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Utility to Create a UI Table from OData Metadata 2/2


Continuation of the coding in ./Views/ui_utilities.js.
// Loop around the entity type properties creating a table column for each
for (j=0; j<oMetaData.entityType[i].property.length; j++) {
// For simplicity, miss out complex types
if (oMetaData.entityType[i].property[j].type.substring(0,4) == "Edm.") {
colList.push({label : oMetaData.entityType[i].property[j].name,
template: oMetaData.entityType[i].property[j].name});
}
}
}
}

// Create a table using the column list created above
var oTable = new sap.ui.table.DataTable({ columns: colList });

// bind model to Table
oTable.setModel(oModel.getModel());
oTable.bindAggregation("rows", thisEntitySetName);

return oTable;
};

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Complete the JavaScript Coding in the Web Page 1/4


The remainder of the index.html web page now needs to be completed.
After the last <script> element, add the following:
<script>
// **************************************************************************
// Instantiate views declared in the above ./views/*.js files
// **************************************************************************
var flightsView = sap.ui.jsview("sap.training.gw100.view.showFlights");
var airportsView = sap.ui.jsview("sap.training.gw100.view.showAirports");
var bookingsView = sap.ui.jsview("sap.training.gw100.view.showBookings");

Create an instance of each view. Notice that views need to be identified by their
fully qualified name.

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Complete the JavaScript Coding in the Web Page 2/4


The UX3 Shell object defines the entire screen layout.
The worksetItems array holds the menu structure.
// **************************************************************************
// Create the ux3 shell (navigation and content container)
// **************************************************************************
var oShell = new sap.ui.ux3.Shell("myShell",
{ appIcon:"http://www.sap.com/global/images/SAPLogo.gif",
appTitle:"SAPUI5 Interface to Gateway",

worksetItems:[
new sap.ui.ux3.NavigationItem( {


key:"wi_FlightInfo",
text:"Flight Information",

subItems:[

new sap.ui.ux3.NavigationItem({key:"wi_FlightInfo_Flights", text:"Flights"}),

new sap.ui.ux3.NavigationItem({key:"wi_FlightInfo_Airports",text:"Airports"}),


new sap.ui.ux3.NavigationItem({key:"wi_FlightInfo_Bookings",text:"Bookings"})
]

})


],
paneBarItems: [ new sap.ui.core.Item({key:"pb_people", text:"People"}) ],
logout: function() { alert("Bye bye..."); }
}
);
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Complete the JavaScript Coding in the Web Page 3/4


The getContent() function examines the key of the selected menu item and
returns the appropriate view instance.
// Page content creation - for each workset item the content is defined here
var mContent = {};

var getContent = function(key) {
// If content is already created, return it directly
if (mContent[key]) return mContent[key];

if (key === "wi_FlightInfo_Bookings") { mContent[key] = bookingsView; }
else if (key === "wi_FlightInfo_Airports") { mContent[key] = airportsView; }
else if (key === "wi_FlightInfo_Flights") { mContent[key] = flightsView; }

return mContent[key];
}

The returned view instance is then displayed in the UX3 shells content area.

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Complete the JavaScript Coding in the Web Page 4/4


Attach a function to the UX3 Shells WorksetItemSelected event that returns the
selected view instance, then set the initial view.
// When the user selects a workset item, put the respective content into the shell's
// main area
oShell.attachWorksetItemSelected(function(oEvent) {
var key = oEvent.getParameter("key");
oShell.setContent(getContent(key));
});

// Set the initial content of the Shell - the Home Overview is selected initially
oShell.setContent(getContent("wi_FlightInfo_Flights"));

// Place the Shell into the <div> element defined below
oShell.placeAt("shellArea");
</script>
</head>

Finally, place the output of the UX3 Shell into the HTML <div> called shellArea.

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Finished Application

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Hands-on Exercise

Exercise 14
Create a Gateway Application Using SAPUI5
JavaScript Libraries

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Summary

You should now understand:


How Use the SAP UI5 JavaScript Libraries to Create a Gateway
Service (Read-only)

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